Texas, GOP and House
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Democrats and voting rights advocates have denounced the redistricting effort, which is designed to give the GOP five more seats in the U.S. House.
Texas’ House of Representatives is approving a new map that creates up to five new, winnable congressional seats for the GOP.
Texas Republicans undertook the rare mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump. Democrats have accused them of a bid to unfairly rig the outcome of the 2026 midterm races.
Michigan has independent redistricting and a divided state government that pretty much take it out of the fight over congressional maps before 2026.
The Democratic lawmakers have been in Illinois since Aug. 3 to avoid a vote on the remap during a special legislative session called by Texas GOP.
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