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                                        <h1 class="page__title title" id="page-title">The Political Geography of Hurricane Harvey</h1>

                                                                                    
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                <div id="node-blog-entry-full-group-authors" class="blog-author"><div class="field field-name-field-blog-authors field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">By:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/authors/jim-henson">Jim Henson</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/authors/joshua-blank">Joshua Blank</a></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-content field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Efforts at recovery from the impact of Hurricane Harvey continue amidst what appears to be a commitment from the federal government to provide <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/09/06/house-first-installment-harvey-disaster-aid/635455001/" target="_blank">$7.85 billion</a> for what is being called the first “tranche” of relief funding. Even amidst Donald Trump’s triangulation efforts between Congressional Democrats and Republicans and the approach of another, probably more destructive hurricane headed for the U.S. mainland, we are still in a moment of relative consensus on the fact that government, mainly the federal government, will need to spend a lot of money to help people and infrastructure in the affected areas. (Later in the day, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-senate-approves-hurricane-harvey-aid-1504807762-htmlstory.html" target="_blank">reports </a>had the Senate passing a package with additional $7.4billion for community block grants.)</p>
<p>Inevitably, however, politics will return to discussions of how much money to spend, where it comes from, how it’s distributed, and who gets how much (some might simply call this <em>politics</em>). In thinking about that eventuality, we’ve produced some maps that combine the <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/HarveyDisasterProcAddingCounties_08282017.pdf" target="_blank">counties designated as disaster areas by Governor Greg Abbott</a>&nbsp;with district boundaries for the Texas House and Senate, as well as the party affiliation of the legislators and members in those areas. (This meant jamming a lot in these maps and we’re not cartographers – we’re happy to <a href="mailto:texaspoliticsproject@mail.la.utexas.edu?subject=Political%20Geography%20Maps">receive suggestions and corrections</a>&nbsp;– and if you would like to use any of the maps, <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9D9fiB3SHaPa3k4ZGkxOTJ1eVk" target="_blank">feel free to download and distribute</a>.) (And also, read on, there's more after the maps.)</p>
<p><img alt="State Map of Texas with Disaster Declared Counties Highlighted" class="media-image img__fid__441 img__view_mode__default attr__format__default attr__field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]__State Map of Texas with Disaster Declared Counties Highlighted attr__field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]__State" src="https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/sites/texaspolitics.utexas.edu/files/styles/blog_image/public/harvey_state_map.jpg?itok=vmtzGGed" style="height: 569px; width: 600px;" title="State Map of Texas with Disaster Declared Counties Highlighted" /></p>
<p><img alt="Disaster Declared Counties" class="media-image img__fid__442 img__view_mode__default attr__format__default attr__field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]__Disaster Declared Counties attr__field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]__Disaster" src="https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/sites/texaspolitics.utexas.edu/files/styles/blog_image/public/harvey_region_map.jpg?itok=mX16tyi4" style="height: 637px; width: 600px;" title="Disaster Declared Counties" /></p>
<p><img alt="Declared Disaster Counties with Senate District Overlay" class="media-image img__fid__443 img__view_mode__default attr__format__default attr__field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]__Declared Disaster Counties with Senate District Overlay attr__field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]__Declared" src="https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/sites/texaspolitics.utexas.edu/files/styles/blog_image/public/harvey_region_senate_map.jpg?itok=vZt8-pdS" style="height: 637px; width: 600px;" title="Declared Disaster Counties with Senate District Overlay" /></p>
<p><img alt="Harris County with Senate District Overlay" class="media-image img__fid__445 img__view_mode__default attr__format__default attr__field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]__Harris County with Senate District Overlay attr__field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]__Harris" src="https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/sites/texaspolitics.utexas.edu/files/styles/blog_image/public/harvey_harris_senate_map_0.jpg?itok=WZ-XbPrT" style="height: 442px; width: 600px;" title="Harris County with Senate District Overlay" /></p>
<p><img alt="Bexar County with Senate District Overlay" class="media-image img__fid__446 img__view_mode__default attr__format__default attr__field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]__Bexar County with Senate District Overlay attr__field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]__Bexar" src="https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/sites/texaspolitics.utexas.edu/files/styles/blog_image/public/harvey_bexar_senate_map.jpg?itok=oGsouRFK" style="height: 646px; width: 600px;" title="Bexar County with Senate District Overlay" /></p>
<p><img alt="Declared Disaster Counties with House District Overlay" class="media-image img__fid__447 img__view_mode__default attr__format__default attr__field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]__Declared Disaster Counties with House District Overlay attr__field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]__Declared" src="https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/sites/texaspolitics.utexas.edu/files/styles/blog_image/public/harvey_region_house_map.jpg?itok=SbgUx-pL" style="height: 637px; width: 600px;" title="Declared Disaster Counties with House District Overlay" /></p>
<p><img alt="Harris County with House District Overlay" class="media-image img__fid__448 img__view_mode__default attr__format__default attr__field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]__Harris County with House District Overlay attr__field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]__Harris" src="https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/sites/texaspolitics.utexas.edu/files/styles/blog_image/public/harvey_harris_house_map.jpg?itok=CDE7XpUg" style="height: 442px; width: 600px;" title="Harris County with House District Overlay" /></p>
<p><img alt="Bexar County with House District Overlay" class="media-image img__fid__449 img__view_mode__default attr__format__default attr__field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]__Bexar County with House District Overlay attr__field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]__Bexar" src="https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/sites/texaspolitics.utexas.edu/files/styles/blog_image/public/harvey_bexar_house_map.jpg?itok=3ry_Sm2N" style="height: 646px; width: 600px;" title="Bexar County with House District Overlay" /></p>
<p>The current consensus on the ground in Texas, stretching all the way from Governor Greg Abbott to the Center for Public Policy Priorities, is that the federal government will step up, as it usually does, and that there is not much of a rationale for a special session. After coolly laying out four things to “keep in mind” about the need for a special session to tap the Emergency Stabilization Fund, Eva DeLuna Castro of CPPP argues:</p>
<blockquote><p>The next time lawmakers convene for a legislative session [in January 2019], they will review how much agencies like the Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Education Agency and others have paid out unexpectedly due to Harvey. If General Revenue is not available, then lawmakers could use the ESF – as intended – to help backfill funding for those agencies to prevent sudden and drastic cuts to critical services for Texans.</p>
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<p>This doesn’t seem to address the possibility that agency responses to Harvey could exhaust available agency resources to the extent that additional appropriations would be required. While there doesn’t appear to be widespread concern about immediate funding as of this writing, per <a href="http://www.mystatesman.com/news/lawmakers-troubled-minimal-state-resources-for-harvey-relief/4k8V8hAeWIByn0LGkNKWeN/" target="_blank">Jonathan Silver's coverage in the Austin American Statesman</a>, concerns that money was tight were expressed by some agency personnel and some legislators at today's House Urban Affairs Committee meeting, convened by committee chair Carol Alvarado of Houston. There was also discussion that the amount of federal support promised in the last week could be reduced given the probably impact of Hurricane Irma.</p>
<p>But should Castro’s scenario play out, the politics around this spending will take place more than a year after the surge of Texas pride and solidarity that surrounded the aftermath of the storm. There will already be a significant amount of deferred expenses awaiting the 86th Legislature when they convene in January, 2019, and any additional funds that need to be appropriated on the front end of the regular budget process will likely be subject to debate about the particulars. As the maps above and table below show, the counties declared disaster zones encompass a wide swath of the legislature: 64 house members (37 Republicans and 27 Democrats) and 17 senators (9 Republicans and 8 Democrats) have all or part of their districts in the disaster areas. If all or most of them hold together despite the significant party polarization present in the legislature, they would form large, if non-majority, blocs in any contestation of spending related to post-Harvey reconstruction and related efforts to make agencies whole.</p>
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<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width:600px;">
<caption><strong>Texas House Members Representing Counties Declared a Disaster by Governor Abbott</strong></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th scope="col">Member</th>
<th scope="col">Party</th>
<th scope="col">District</th>
<th scope="col">First Elected</th>
<th scope="col">Counties Represented</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Cecil Bell Jr.</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>2012</td>
<td>Montgomery, Waller</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Chris Paddie</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>2012</td>
<td>Cass, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Sabine, Shelby</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Leighton Schubert</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>2014</td>
<td>Austin, Burleson, Colorado, Fayette, Grimes, Lavaca, Washington</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Raney</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>2010</td>
<td>Brazos</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mark Keough</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>2012</td>
<td>Montgomery</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Will Metcalf</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>2014</td>
<td>Montgomery</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Cyrier</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>2014</td>
<td>Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, Karnes, Lee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ernest Bailes</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>2016</td>
<td>Liberty, San Jacinto, Walker</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>James White</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>2010</td>
<td>Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Polk, Tyler</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dade Phelan</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>2014</td>
<td>Jefferson, Orange</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Joe Deshotel</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>1998</td>
<td>Jefferson</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wayne Faircloth</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>2014</td>
<td>Chambers, Galveston</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Greg Bonnen</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>2012</td>
<td>Galveston</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dennis Bonnen</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>1996</td>
<td>Brazoria, Matagorda</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rick Miller</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>2012</td>
<td>Fort Bend</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ron Reynolds</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>2010</td>
<td>Fort Bend</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John M. Zerwas</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>2006</td>
<td>Fort Bend</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ed Thompson</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>2012</td>
<td>Brazoria</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Geanie Morrison</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>1998</td>
<td>Aransas, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Refugio</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ryan Guillen</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>2002</td>
<td>Atacosa, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, La Sallae, Live Oak, McMullen, Starr, Willacy</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Todd Hunter</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>
			2008 (1989-1997)</td>
<td>Nueces</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Abel Herrero</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>34</td>
<td>2012</td>
<td>Nueces</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rene Oliveira</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>37</td>
<td>1981</td>
<td>Cameron</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eddie Lucio III</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>2006</td>
<td>Cameron</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>J.M. Lozano</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>2010</td>
<td>Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, San Patricio</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Kuempel</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>44</td>
<td>2010</td>
<td>Guadalupe, Wilson</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Andrew Murr</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>53</td>
<td>2014</td>
<td>Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Medina, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Trent Ashby</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>57</td>
<td>2012</td>
<td>Angelina, Houston, Leon, Madison, San Augustine, Trinity</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kyle Biedermann</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>73</td>
<td>2016</td>
<td>Comal, Gillespie, Kendall</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Phil Stephenson</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>85</td>
<td>2012</td>
<td>Fort Bend, Jackson, Wharton</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Diana Arevalo</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>116</td>
<td>2016</td>
<td>Bexar</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Philip Cortez</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>117</td>
<td>2016</td>
<td>Bexar</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tomas Uresti</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>118</td>
<td>2016</td>
<td>Bexar</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roland Gutierrez</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>119</td>
<td>2008</td>
<td>Bexar</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Barbara Gervin-Hawkins</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>120</td>
<td>2016</td>
<td>Bexar</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Joe Straus</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>121</td>
<td>2005</td>
<td>Bexar</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lyle Larson</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>122</td>
<td>2010</td>
<td>Bexar</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Diego Bernal</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>123</td>
<td>2014</td>
<td>Bexar</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ina Minjarez</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>124</td>
<td>2015</td>
<td>Bexar</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Justin Rodriguez</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>125</td>
<td>2012</td>
<td>Bexar</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kevin Roberts</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>126</td>
<td>2016</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dan Huberty</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>127</td>
<td>2010</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Briscoe Cain</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>128</td>
<td>2016</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dennis Paul</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>129</td>
<td>2014</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tom Oliverson</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>130</td>
<td>2016</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Alma Allen</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>131</td>
<td>2004</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mike Schofield</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>132</td>
<td>2014</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jim Murphy</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>133</td>
<td>2010</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sarah Davis</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>134</td>
<td>2010</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gary Elkins</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>135</td>
<td>1994</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gene Wu</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>137</td>
<td>2012</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dwayne Bohac</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>138</td>
<td>2002</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jarvis Johnson</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>139</td>
<td>2016</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Armando Walle</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>140</td>
<td>2008</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Senfronia Thompson</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>141</td>
<td>1972</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Harold Dutton Jr.</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>142</td>
<td>1984</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ana Hernandez</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>143</td>
<td>2005</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mary Ann Perez</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>144</td>
<td>2016</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Carol Alvarado</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>145</td>
<td>2008</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shawn Thierry</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>146</td>
<td>2016</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Garnet Coleman</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>147</td>
<td>1991</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jessica Christina Farrar</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>148</td>
<td>1994</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hubert Vo</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>149</td>
<td>2004</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Valoree Swanson</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>150</td>
<td>2016</td>
<td>Harris</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width:500px;">
<caption><strong>Texas Senate Members Representing Counties Declared a Disaster by Governor Abbott</strong></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th scope="col">Member</th>
<th scope="col">Party</th>
<th scope="col">District</th>
<th scope="col">First Elected</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Robert Nichols</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>2006</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Brandon Creighton</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>2014</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Charles Schwertner</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>2012</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sylvia Garcia</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>2012</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Paul Bettencourt</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>2014</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Larry Taylor</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>2012</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Borris&nbsp;Miles</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>2016</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kirk Watson</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>2006</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Whitmire</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>1982</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Joan Huffman</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>2014</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lois W. Kolkhorst</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>2014</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Judith Zaffirini</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>1986</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Juan 'Chuy' Hinojosa</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>2002</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dawn Buckingham</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>2016</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Donna Campbell</td>
<td>R</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>2012</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>José Menéndez</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>2014</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eddie Lucio</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>1990</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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