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Redistricting, the redrawing of electoral district boundaries to reflect the latest population counts, occurs for most electoral districts after each decennial census. While normally a topic of concern mainly to politicians and politicos, redistricting can alter the opportunities for representation and policy alternatives. For a number of reasons, Latino representation at many electoral levels has lagged far behind Latino population percentages. Latino representation has been shown to increase Latino educational opportunities, access, and success. One higher education example of this is Texas' top ten percent plan (TTP) spearheaded by Latino/a legislators. This plan has led to substantially increased Latino enrollments in Texas' public universities. ResumenEl rediseño de los límites de distritos electorales, para que reflejen poblaciones actuales ocurre para la mayoría de distritos electorales después de cada censo de diez años. Representación latina en muchos niveles electorales ha estado por atrás de los porcentajes de la población latina. Se ha demostrado que la representación latina aumenta oportunidades, acceso y éxito latino/a. Un ejemplo de educación superior es el plan del Diez Porciento de Texas que legisladores latinas/os empujaron. Este plan ha llevado al incremento de inscripción de estudiantes latinas/os en universidades públicas de Texas.