US EditionTexas lawmakers give final approval to Trump-backed election map, sending it to governor
The new map adds five districts favoring Republicans to help maintain their slim congressional majority amid a national redistricting battle, with Democrats vowing legal challenges.
- Early Saturday, the Texas state Senate approved a new Republican-leaning congressional map, sending it to Governor Greg Abbott who is expected to sign it into law.
- National GOP pressure led Republican-controlled states, including Texas, to redraw maps aimed at helping the GOP retain a slim House majority for 2026.
- Democrats delayed passage with prolonged debate and a walkout as state senators voted 18-11 along party lines after more than eight hours, with Republicans ending a filibuster using a rare motion.
- Governor Greg Abbott is expected to quickly sign the maps into law, while Democrats vow court challenges and Democratic Representative Lloyd Doggett announced Thursday he will not seek reelection if the new map takes effect.
- The effort has triggered a nationwide wave of redistricting, with California Democrats and Governor Gavin Newsom proposing a special election in November and the U.S. Supreme Court setting limits on partisan and race-based map drawing.
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Trump hails new Texas electoral map aimed at keeping grip on Congress
US President Donald Trump praised a newly passed Texas electoral map Saturday as a "tremendous opportunity" to help his Republican Party retain control of Congress in next year's midterm elections.
Texas state lawmakers approved a new electoral map this Saturday designed to help the Republican Party maintain control of the U.S. Congress in the 2026 legislative elections. Senators approved the map in a party line 18-11 split vote after more than eight hours of debate and despite an attempt by a Democratic senator to block the vote.Texas governor Greg Abbott will have to ratify the new map to bring it into effect.
Under pressure from Donald Trump, Texas is redrawing its electoral map. California reacts and could compensate for the democratic losses in Congress Texas's Parliament has definitively adopted
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