CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The new congressional redistricting map in Texas has altered district boundaries in Nueces County.

KRIS 6 News spoke with Dr. Paul Gottemoller, professor of political science at Del Mar College, to break down what redistricting is. He explains that there are different goals you can try to achieve with redistricting.

“You can either try to maximize competition. You can try to maximize the number of minority districts in order to ensure that minority people from minority communities are elected to represent those areas,” Dr. Gottemoller said.

Dr. Gottemoller said Texas engaged in partisan gerrymandering to gain an advantage and minimize the number of democratic districts.

“Moving into Nueces County, which voted for Republicans in 2024, was done in order to make it

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