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Texas’ torrid growth over the past decade is paying off with a major boost in political clout — two additional congressional seats and electoral votes deepening its already massive influence in the nation’s politics. The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 decennial sampling released Monday indicated the state gained nearly 4 million residents since 2010 — more than any other state in sheer numbers and roughly the entire population of neighboring Oklahoma.  And yet, advocates cite immigration concerns, lack of funding for education and encouragement of census participation might have led to an undercount of thousands of Texans, and impact the way the state is represented for the next decade.

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