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Sept. 27 Afternoon Newscast

Texas Republicans today unveiled a map of proposed congressional districts that would move Commerce and Greenville from the 4th Congressional District to the 3rd.

    • Republicans in the Texas legislature presented a map of proposed redrawn congressional districts today. The proposed changes would reduce the geographic size of the 4th Congressional District, which includes almost all of Northeast Texas.
    • Most of Hunt County, including Commerce and Greenville, would move to the 3rd Congressional District under the proposed changes. That district is represented by Republican Van Taylor.
    • The proposed districts are all but certain to change before the process is complete. Since the 1965 federal Civil Rights Act, Texas has not gone through a decade without courts finding the state guilty of drawing racially discriminatory districts.
    Mark Haslett served as KETR's News Director from February 2013 to June 2025. During his tenure the station's news operation enjoyed an increase in listener engagement and audience metrics, as well recognition in the Texas AP Broadcasters awards and a National Edward R. Murrow award.