Inside Texas Politics: What happens to the elected officials who were drawn out of their districts?

Texas Republicans have carved up voting maps that drew the Democrat who represents Round Rock out of his district. However, it’s what’s happening in Houston that has a lot of people watching and talking. The Republican-controlled Texas legislature has drawn Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee out of her district. Will she move? Will she run again?

All this redistricting is happening during this third special legislative session. It officially ends this week. And there’s already chatter that the governor might call a fourth special session. Lawmakers have been in Austin since January. How likely is a fourth special session? And what else do Republicans want to do?

We’ve already seen the warnings – to buy holiday gifts early – because of all the problems with the worldwide supply chain. But our next guest says the situation will start improving over the next 60-days. That’s part of the conversation that Jason Whitely had with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.

Last year, the panhandle was managing COVID better than anywhere else in the state. This year, it is way behind the rest of Texas when it comes to the vaccine. What happened?

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