The Texas Tribune: Owen Dahlkamphttps://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/owen-dahlkamp/The latest news by Owen Dahlkamp.enMon, 16 Jun 2025 16:39:47 -0500Two Texas congressmembers named on alleged Minnesota assassin’s hit listhttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/16/veronica-escobar-named-target-list-minnesota/Reps. Veronica Escobar and Joaquin Castro were among the 45 elected officials placed on a hit list by a man accused of killing a former Minnesota House speaker and her husband.By Owen DahlkampMon, 16 Jun 2025 16:39:47 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/16/veronica-escobar-named-target-list-minnesota/Trump aides want Texas to redraw its congressional maps to boost the GOP. What would that mean?https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/11/texas-congress-midcycle-redistricting-trump-republicans/The plan would shift voters from safely red districts into blue ones. Members of the state’s Republican delegation aren’t sold on the idea.By Owen Dahlkamp, The Texas Tribune, and Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas TribuneWed, 11 Jun 2025 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/11/texas-congress-midcycle-redistricting-trump-republicans/Proposed drafts of Texas' redrawn congressional districts outside the Senate chamber in the Texas Capitol in Austin on Sept. 30, 2021.The newest drafts of the statewide congressional districts in Texas outside the Senate Chamber in the Texas Capitol in Austin on Sept. 30 2021.Dimitri Staszewski for The Texas TribuneTexas’ GOP congressional delegation meets to discuss redrawing districts ahead of midtermshttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/09/texas-redistricting-congress-house-republicans-midterms/The proposal would require the Texas Legislature to return for a special session to carry out the rare move of reshaping the state’s political boundaries mid-decade.By Owen DahlkampMon, 09 Jun 2025 19:53:28 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/09/texas-redistricting-congress-house-republicans-midterms/Republicans from Texas’ congressional delegation are weighing redrawing the lines of their House districts, GOP Rep. Pete Sessions said Monday evening.2020 Census data and redistricting maps at The Texas Tribune office in Austin on Oct. 7, 2021. The state population grew by nearly 4 million and was mostly driven by people of color.Michael Gonzalez/The Texas Tribune