By Stephen M Watts
on August 16, 2026
Tarrant County cut more voting precincts than any other county in Texas — 844 down to 707. Most of that is bookkeeping: 80 of the old precincts were smaller than half a hectare. The real change is that Congressional District 33 left the county entirely, and 299 precincts woke up …
By Stephen M Watts
on August 16, 2026
Two things happened to the Texas political map before the 2026 primary: the Legislature redrew the congressional map, and counties redrew their precincts. They can be separated exactly — and the ratio is roughly 33,000 to 1.
By Stephen M Watts
on June 23, 2026
A precinct-by-precinct look at Dallas County's 2026 redistricting: 885 old precincts were consolidated into 791 new ones, yet 81.3% are essentially unchanged. The story is the handful of genuine merges — and the 341 precincts that changed congressional district.
By Stephen M Watts
on June 22, 2026
A precinct-by-precinct look at Harris County's 2026 redistricting: 1,172 old precincts became 1,224 new ones, yet 97.4% are >99% unchanged. The story is the 16 genuine splits and merges — and the 617 precincts that changed congressional district without moving an inch.
By Stephen M Watts
on January 16, 2022
The story of Precinct Progress — a volunteer-built platform that grew from a 2018 HCDP website rebuild into a modern toolset for precinct organizing, precinct-chair tracking, and redistricting analysis across two cycles.
By Stephen M Watts
on January 16, 2022
An archived 2022 look at Harris County's last redistricting cycle: a GIS overlap method comparing the 1,012 old precincts against the 1,152 new ones, both old-to-new and new-to-old. The historical companion to our 2026 precinct-changes analysis.