US EditionFederal court bars Texas from using new Republican-friendly US House map in midterms
A federal panel found Texas' 2025 map intentionally diluted Black and Hispanic voting power, blocking its use for 2026 and requiring the 2021 map instead.
- On Tuesday, a three-judge federal panel ruled Texas cannot use its new congressional map for the 2026 election and must instead use the lines passed in 2021 after a nearly two-week trial in El Paso, Texas.
- Republican lawmakers enacted the 2025 map earlier this year to bolster their narrow House majority, and the GOP-controlled Legislature approved it in August before Gov. Greg Abbott signed it, prompting lawsuits from civil-rights and advocacy groups representing Black and Hispanic voters.
- Court filings showed the 2025 map reduced majority‑minority congressional districts from 16 to 14 and eliminated five coalition districts, with five of six Democratic incumbents drawn into paired districts being Black or Hispanic during a nine‑day El Paso hearing earlier this month.
- The block came during the monthlong filing window for the March primary and before the Dec. 8 filing deadline, while judges signaled they may await U.S. Supreme Court rulings and expect a yearslong legal battle.
- Republicans hold 25 of Texas's 38 congressional seats and drew the map to gain five more, as Texas led a national redistricting push following President Donald Trump's call.
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AUSTIN — Fort Worth’s Marc Veasey said he unquestionably plans to seek reelection to his U.S. House seat after a federal judicial panel on Tuesday blocked Texas’ latest congressional redistricting plan. “I’m feeling upbeat. I’m encouraged,” Veasey told the Fort Worth Report after the three-judge panel threw out the redistricting map that cut Veasey’s District 33 congressional seat out of Tarrant County. The preliminary injunction temporarily ha…
Federal court blocks Texas’ GOP-friendly congressional map | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
A federal court in Texas today blocked the state’s newly redrawn and Republican-friendly congressional map from going into effect in the 2026 midterm elections, dealing a blow to an effort by Texas Republicans and President Donald Trump to flip Democratic seats in the state.
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A legal expert was taken aback on Tuesday after a federal judge issued a stunning ruling against President Donald Trump’s efforts to sway the 2026 midterm election in favor of Republicans. On Tuesday, Judge Jeffrey V. Brown of the District Court for the Southern District of Texas, a Trump appointee, ruled that the Republican maps drawn by the Texas state legislature were illegal and prohibited them from being used in the next election. The rulin…
Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional map in 2026 elections
A three-judge federal panel has blocked Texas from using its newly enacted congressional map, ruling that the 2025 boundaries were drawn through unconstitutional racial gerrymandering, according to a court order. The decision was issued on Tuesday in the Western District of Texas, where U.S. District Judge Jeffrey V. Brown, joined by Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Guaderrama, granted a preliminary injunction preventing the state from using …
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