LOCKE: Unusual Midterm Redistricting Efforts Silences Voters to Avoid Accountability

LOCKE: Unusual midterm redistricting efforts silences voters to avoid accountability

Governor Abbott called a special session of the legislature to gain five additional congressional seats for Republicans in Texas. He used Hill Country flood relief as an excuse to call a special session, but redistricting is coming first. Democrats broke…

ANALYSIS: Don't Bet on a Midterm Redistricting in New Hampshire

New Hampshire ain’t Texas. The Lone Star State sparked a panic among Democrats when it announced plans to redraw its congressional maps for 2026, rather than waiting for the next Census in 2030. Texas Republicans are advancing a map that would create five more competitive congressional seats for their party, potentially shifting the state from a 25 GOP-13 Democratic delegation to a 30 GOP-8 Democratic breakdown. To their credit, nobody is hiding…