The Redistricting Wars Are Ramping Up

States’ Redistricting Arms Race Could Upend the Midterms

States’ redistricting arms race could upend the midterms. Texas Republicans are working to create more GOP House seats for 2026, at Trump’s urging. That may set off a wave of unnecessary gerrymandering.

A fight over Senate redistricting in Florida is teed up

By Jim Saunders 1 hr ago ©2025 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A panel of federal judges is set to decide whether a Florida Senate district that stretches across Tampa Bay was racially gerrymandered and needs to be revamped. After a trial last month, attorneys for Senate President Ben Albritton, Secretary of State Cord Byrd and plaintiffs filed detailed arguments Monday about whether Senate District 16 violates constitutional equal-pro…

The Redistricting Wars Are Ramping Up

Punchbowl News: “Texas is expected to release its proposed new congressional map imminently. Ohio is required by law to redistrict before 2026. And President Donald Trump teased last week that ‘three or four or five’ other states could redraw.” “Republicans left seats on the table during the last redistricting. GOP-controlled legislatures can attempt new maps now, but it will be easier in some states than in others.”

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Radical Democrat Placed On Texas House Select Committee: Brian Harrison On Texas Redistricting In a conversation with Steve Bannon, Texas State Rep. Brian Harrison expresses outrage over the appointment of a “radical Democrat,” Rep. Gene Wu, to a select committee on congressional redistricting, which he sees as a betrayal by “fake Republicans” led by House Speaker Burrows. Harrison argues this undermines President Trump’s agenda to secure five G…

"I hate it": Redistricting arms race gives lawmakers heartburn

House members are watching with growing discomfort as Democrats in California and other blue states consider joining Texas Republicans in pursuing mid-decade redistricting to gain an advantage in the 2026 midterms. Why it matters: It threatens, as one Democratic lawmaker put it, a "race to the…

Texas Democrats Plot How to Stop Redistricting – IOTW Report

KHOU Days before the start of the first special session of the 89th Texas Legislature on Monday, Texas Democrats are weighing their options as they look to counter a planned, rare mid-decade congressional