Overview
- The Commissioners Court adopted the new voter map after a contentious special meeting marked by frequent calls for order and a floor confrontation involving law enforcement.
- Republicans held the majority following Judge K.P. George’s party switch in June after his indictments, and the vote split 3–2 along party lines.
- Opponents Dexter McCoy and Grady Prestage argued the plan fractures established communities and dilutes minority voting power, pushing unsuccessfully to remove language branding the 2020–21 map unlawful.
- Backers, including Commissioner Andy Meyers, said the prior map violated law and that the new plan reflects population compliance and the county’s roughly even partisan makeup.
- The adopted map, designed by a Meyers appointee and amended by Citizens Redistricting Committee chair Jacob Lee, shifts several rural areas into Republican‑leaning precincts and is expected to face legal scrutiny.