The map was released days after the final of three House redistricting committee public hearings took place in Arlington. Held at the UT-Arlington campus, representatives heard from hundreds of North Texans who were overwhelmingly opposed to the redistricting.

The first draft of the lower chamber’s new redistricting map targets Democratic members of Congress in the Austin, Dallas and Houston metro areas and in South Texas.

The proposal would redraw district lines in ways that target current Democratic members of Congress in districts in South Texas and around Austin, Dallas and Houston.