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The Texas Tribune on MSNTexas House, Senate panels again advance redrawn congressional map
A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, shortly after the first one ended.
The Texas House is set to vote on congressional redistricting Wednesday, setting up a political fight over a plan that could be critical for Republicans to hold on to a majority in the 2026 midterm. The House is moving rapidly to approve the plan after enough Democrats returned to the Capitol to restore a constitutionally
High-stakes redistricting battles unfold in Texas and California as Republicans and Democrats push new congressional maps ahead of 2026 midterm elections.
The League of United Latin American Citizens and other groups are asking a judge to consider blocking the new congressional maps pushed by Republicans.
A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in the middle of the decade to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House set off a clamor to replicate the effort in statehouses controlled by both parties.
As California pushes to eclipse Texas’ gerrymandering effort to win the House of Representatives at midterm elections, the first draft of the newly drawn congressional maps became public Friday.