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Texas Senate approves GOP congressional map, sending plan to Abbott’s desk

Republican lawmakers pushed the map through over fierce Democratic opposition, positioning the GOP to net up to five additional seats in Texas.

Reuters on MSN · 3d

Texas Republicans approve Trump-backed congressional map to protect party's majority

Texas Republicans undertook the rare mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump, who says he wants to bolster the odds of preserving his party's slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives amid political headwinds.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · 7h

Texas House approves redrawn maps sought by Trump ahead of 2026 elections

Texas’ House of Representatives is approving a new map that creates up to five new, winnable congressional seats for the GOP.

Texas, US House and Republican

Reuters on MSN · 17m

Trump's redistricting push could bring decades of Republican rule to the US House

Republicans hold a 219-212 House majority and Trump is looking to break the streak of midterm House losses for the sitting president's party -- as happened to him in 2018 and to Democratic President Joe Biden in 2022 -- by pushing states starting with Texas to aggressively redistrict.

KHOU · 9d

Republican Party of Texas wants to expand redistricting to Texas House

Chairman Abraham George recently traveled to Illinois to join Republicans there in denouncing Texas Democrats.

Politico · 1d

Redistricting war between Texas and California is about to jolt the midterms

It all amounts to the opening salvo in what is likely to become a national showdown to grasp power through gerrymandering.

1don MSN

Texas Gov. Abbott says he’ll swiftly sign new maps on his desk that will boost GOP in 2026

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday promised to quickly sign off on a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map ...

LGBTQ Nation on MSN1dOpinion

Texas Republicans perfectly represent the death of the Republican Party

The Republicans, across the country but especially in Texas, have made it clear that they will use whatever means they can, ...

2hon MSN

Schiff: ‘Only way’ Republicans ‘feel they can survive’ midterms is by redrawing Texas lines

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) went after Republicans on Sunday for their redrawing of congressional maps in Texas as his own state is undertaking an effort to do the same. “Democrats offered ...

2don MSN

Texas Senate set to vote on GOP redistricting plan that sparked weeks-long House standoff

The Texas Senate is reconvening Friday morning to take up a controversial GOP redistricting bill that triggered a weeks-long ...

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