US EditionTexas' redrawn US House map that boosts GOP begins a key court test
The new map aims to give Republicans 30 of 38 Texas House seats, reducing minority-majority districts from 16 to 14, according to critics and legal filings.
- The new map eliminated five of Texas' nine 'coalition' districts where no minority group has a majority but together they outnumber non-Hispanic white voters.
- Civil rights groups and voters sued, arguing the new map represents racial gerrymandering prohibited by the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution.
- Texas says critics 'cloak partisan fears in rhetoric about race' and the new map gives Republicans 30 of the state's 38 House seats, up from 25 now.
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The legal battle over Texas’ newly drawn congressional districts kicks off in federal court
A panel of three federal judges in El Paso are now hearing arguments in a lawsuit challenging the controversial new map of Texas’ congressional districts. The judges’ decision will determine whether Texas can use the map in the 2026 midterm elections.
Texas’ redrawn US House map that boosts GOP begins a key court test
By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press A panel of federal judges will begin Wednesday to consider whether Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that boosts Republicans and has launched a widening redistricting battle ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The case in an El Paso courtroom is the first test of Texas’ new map, which was quickly redrawn this summer to give Republicans five more seats at the urging of President Donald Trump in an effort t…
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A key court test begins for Texas' redrawn US House map that boosts the GOP
A panel of three federal judges are considering whether Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that boosts Republicans and has launched a widening redistricting battle ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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