Texas Plans Mid-Decade Redistricting After Pressure from White House [View all]
The Texas Legislature will redraw its congressional maps beginning this summer, after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced he added mid-decade redistricting to the state’s upcoming special session agenda.
The legislature gaveled out for the year in June, but Abbott is reconvening lawmakers starting July 21 to tackle more than a dozen agenda items on his list.
The White House has been pushing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm election to protect the party’s slim majority in the House, the New York Times first reported last month.
Abbott cited “constitutional concerns raised by the U.S. Department of Justice” as the reason for revising the state’s congressional map. The department sent a letter to Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday outlining its “concerns regarding the legality” of four Texas congressional districts and claiming they are “unconstitutional racial gerrymanders.”
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