US EditionTexas Republicans set to approve Trump-backed new congressional map after lengthy fight
Texas Republicans, urged by President Trump, plan to approve a map adding five GOP seats to maintain House control amid Democratic protests and legal challenges.
- Today, the chamber is expected to vote on a congressional map in the Texas House of Representatives that aims to shift five U.S. House seats toward Republicans, following pressure from President Donald Trump.
- To delay the vote, dozens of Democratic lawmakers staged a two-week walkout that ended when Texas Democrats voluntarily returned on Monday, prompting Republicans to file lawsuits and issue civil arrest warrants.
- Republican leaders assigned Texas Department of Public Safety officers to shadow Democratic lawmakers, while State Rep. Nicole Collier and colleagues staged an overnight protest on the House floor, with seven confined as colleagues livestreamed and protested.
- If the House passes it Wednesday, the bill moves to the Texas State Senate as soon as Thursday and still requires Gov. Greg Abbott's signature to become law.
- President Donald Trump urged mid-decade redraws to help the GOP retain House control in 2026, while civil rights groups contend the map dilutes minority voters and plan legal challenges under the Voting Rights Act.
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The objective for Republicans is to win five additional seats in Congress in Washington during the mid-term elections in 2026.
Democrats vow to fight back against TX GOP redistricting effort
Texas Republicans are poised to pass a new congressional map backed by President Donald Trump that will create five more GOP-leaning House districts in time for next year’s midterm elections. CNN’s Arlette Saenz reports from Austin about how Gov. Gavin Newsom is vowing to fight back.
Texas is gerrymandering the only LGBTQ+ member of Congress from the South out of her seat
Texas Republicans' redrawn congressional maps will split up the district of the only out LGBTQ+ representative from the South. Julie Johnson, an out lesbian elected to the state's 32nd congressional district last year, condemned the GOP's plans to pick up five seats in the U.S. House of Representatives by gerrymandering Democratic districts. She said the proposal, approved by the state House of Representatives Wednesday, would "decimate TX32, sp…
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