It's not uncommon for redistricting to move sitting politicians, but a Republican commissioner is having to make a decision about his future that could mean leaving a home he's spent 47 years making with his wife.
A commissioner will now have to move from his longtime home if he wants to run for reelection after a majority voted to exclude his home from the district he's represented since 1996.Politics are at play in Fort Bend County, where a sitting commissioner will have to move from his longtime home if he wants to run for reelection.
The Republican politician lives in the Sugar Creek neighborhood in Sugar Land, an established community with tree-lined streets and esplanades. It is where he and his wife, Janet, raised their three children, hosted their grandchildren, and where he cared for Janet when she fell ill. But the Republican commissioner will have to move from that home to seek reelection in 2024 after the Democratic majority on the county commission voted to exclude his house from the precinct he's represented since 1996. In Texas, elected representatives must live within the boundaries they serve.
The move appears to be unprecedented and highly unusual. In the new precinct map, Sugar Creek is now in Precinct 2. Meyers tried a last-ditch effort to swap neighborhoods between precincts 2 and 3 on Tuesday, but it failed along party lines.
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