US EditionTexas Nears Final Vote on New Congressional Maps as Partisan Redistricting Race Escalates
The Texas Senate advanced a Republican-favored congressional map expected to add up to five GOP seats in 2026, intensifying a nationwide redistricting competition, officials said.
- On Thursday, the Texas Senate Special Congressional Redistricting Committee approved House Bill 4 during a meeting, following the Texas House's party-line 88-52 vote, and the full Senate will consider the bill Friday at 10 a.m. CT.
- Republican backers say mid-decade redistricting is unusual but aims to improve GOP performance, with State Rep. Todd Hunter sponsoring House Bill 4 ahead of the midterms.
- The proposed map also shifts Fort Bliss from Congressional District 3 into 16 and Liberty County from 36 into 9, while PlanC2333 retains changes flipping Congressional Districts 9, 28, 32, 34 and 35.
- The full Texas Senate is expected to promptly consider HB 4 at reconvening, and if the Senate passes the bill, it will head to Gov. Greg Abbott to be signed into law.
- Across the country, California Democrats approved their own maps in a Gov. Gavin Newsom-led effort requiring a November 4 election vote to override the independent commission's maps.
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