The answer is 2002. Texas
Republicans gained power over of the Texas House of Representatives for the
first time since Reconstruction. The newly elected Republican government
engaged in an exceptional mid-decade redistricting<span> plan. In 2002, after winning a majority of seats in the
State House of Representatives, Republicans gained complete control of the
legislature. Tom Delay and Rick Perry<span> , who had the position of US House Majority Leader in
January 2003, the Republican majority pioneered legislation to redraw the court-drawn
districts from 2001. The result was a gain of six seats by the
Republicans in the 2004 elections, giving them a majority of the state's designation
for the first time since Reconstruction.</span></span>
Maybe option (B?
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In 1870, Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American senator. Five years later, Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi took the oath of office. It would be nearly another century, 1967, before Edward Brooke of Massachusetts followed in their historic footsteps.
