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Texas Republicans approve new congressional maps

Texas Republicans approve new congressional maps as partisan redistricting race escalates

The Texas Senate on Saturday approved new congressional maps drawn to help Republicans win as many as five more House seats in next year’s midterm elections.

The New York Times · 3h

Texas Legislature Gives Final Approval to Redistricting Map

The map’s passage was a major victory in President Trump’s push to get Republican state leaders to help his party keep control of the U.S. House.

Reuters on MSN · 2h

Texas Senate approves redistricting bill, sending it to governor to sign

The Texas Senate approved a bill early on Saturday to redraw the state's congressional maps at the behest of President Donald Trump in an effort to flip five seats held by Democrats to Republicans.

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Austin American-Statesman · 2h

GOP redistricting plan heads to Greg Abbott after Texas Senate thwarts filibuster

Texas Senate Democrats plan to filibuster the House-passed redistricting map during floor debate on Friday in a last-ditch effort to delay the final passage of the plan to create five new winnable seats for the GOP.

Reuters · 1d

California Senate embarks on Democrats' redistricting plan, counter-punch to Texas

The California Senate on Thursday was set to act on newly drawn political maps aimed at giving Democrats five more seats in Congress, countering a partisan advantage President Donald Trump hopes to gain from a Republican redistricting plan in Texas.

Yahoo · 12h

Exclusive: Gene Wu, Democratic leaders discuss GOP-run redistricting beyond Texas

Texas state Rep. Gene Wu, the leader of the Texas House Democrats who fled the state earlier this month to resist Republican-led efforts to redraw Texas's congressional maps, joined a private strategy call on Thursday with Democratic legislative leaders from other Republican-led states that might also redraw their maps,

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Texas Senate set to vote on GOP redistricting plan that sparked weekslong House standoff

The Texas Senate is debating the controversial GOP redistricting bill that triggered a weekslong House standoff. The ...

Texas redistricting fight shakes up battle lines for both parties in key US Senate race

The push to redraw congressional maps in Texas is shifting the dynamics of the state’s 2026 Senate campaign ...

16hon MSN

Texas Republicans have one last hurdle in redistricting war ahead of midterm elections

The Texas Senate expected to vote Friday to send the GOP majority's gerrymander to the governor's desk for approval.

20hon MSN

What to know about the legal battles over redistricting in Texas and California

Texas lawmakers approved a new congressional map this week at the behest of President Donald Trump, seeking to preserve his ...

Democrat Lloyd Doggett won’t seek reelection if courts don’t overturn Texas redistricting

Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett will no longer run for reelection to his seat if Republicans' redrawn House map isn't shot down in ...

16hon MSN

Texas House Democrats fined $9,000 each for breaking quorum to block GOP redistricting

According to a copy of the letter posted on X by state Rep. Venton Jones, D-Dallas, the total fine is $9,345.25. A spokesman ...

12hon MSN

Exclusive: Gene Wu joins strategy call with Democratic legislators about fighting GOP-run redistricting beyond Texas

Texas state Rep. Gene Wu joined a private strategy call on Thursday with Democratic leaders from other GOP-led states that ...

10hon MSN

Texas Democrats return, continue to protest redistricting efforts by Republicans

Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives returned to Austin on Aug. 18, 2025, but their protest of redistricting ...

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