US EditionTexas Republicans approve Trump-backed congressional map to protect party's majority
- On Wednesday, the Republican-controlled Texas House approved a new congressional district map intended to increase the GOP's representation by adding five seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- The map, urged by President Donald Trump, follows a mid-decade revision approach enabled by the 2019 Supreme Court ruling that allows partisan gerrymandering.
- Democrats protested by fleeing the state for two weeks to delay the vote, and upon returning were subject to round-the-clock police monitoring to ensure attendance.
- The map passed on an 88-52 party-line vote; Republican Rep. Todd Hunter stated the plan improves GOP political performance and complies with the Voting Rights Act, while Democrats called it a violation.
- The approval triggers a likely national redistricting battle as Democrats vow legal challenges and California prepares its own new map adding Democratic-leaning districts.
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The Worst Gerrymander Ever
Sam Wang finds the Texas gerrymander of its congressional map is the worst of the last 50 years. “If this map stands, it will be because the Supreme Court is ready to discard what is left of the Voting Rights Act. And Texas’s record will enter the history books.”
Texas House OKs the redistricting maps Trump wanted
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House passed an aggressively partisan congressional map on Wednesday after weeks of legislative combat, giving President Donald Trump the gerrymander he requested − and possibly five new Republican seats in the U.S. House next year.
California is set to act fast after Texas advances congressional maps to boost GOP
California's Democratic Legislature is moving to counter Texas' mid-decade redraw of its congressional map with one of its own. The Texas House on Wednesday passed a map creating five new winnable seats for Republicans. President Donald Trump has pushed for…
To avoid a looming midterm election debacle, he ordered Texas Republicans to bring forward a redistricting bill, which resulted in members fleeing the vote, threats of the FBI, and a backlash from California.
Talarico at Trinity UCC on Democracy & Christianity - Falls Church News
As Democratic state legislators returned to Texas this week, a vote was expected Wednesday by the Republican-controlled legislature to radically alter Congressional district boundaries in the state under direction of Trump that could result in five more Republican seats in advance of the 2026 mid-term elections. If the vote is taken, we will then look
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