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AUSTIN — The Legislature’s GOP mapmakers are playing defense in Collin County, redrawing its fast-changing congressional seat to thwart recent Democratic momentum and make it safely Republican for years to come. Former President Donald Trump won Congressional District 3 by just one percentage point in 2020. But Republican lawmakers this year redrew Plano U.S. Rep. Van Taylor’s seat such that Trump would …

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