Posted on 09/22/2025 4:01:50 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Texas Republicans redrew the lines for House races in 2026. For one Houston district, that means two elections in the next few months using two different maps, with a generational fight to come.
First came the Republican gerrymander in Texas. Now comes the Democratic chaos in Houston.
When Republican lawmakers, at the behest of President Trump, successfully redrew the congressional map of Texas this summer, the explicit aim was to grab as many as five U.S. House seats from the Democrats to try to preserve the Republican majority in the 2026 midterm elections.
But well before then, the repercussions are being felt in a newly drawn district in Houston, even though it will almost certainly stay Democratic.
“It’s just kind of ridiculous,” said one exasperated Houston voter, a trumpet teacher named George Chase.
A certain amount of confusion is likely to play out in districts from the Rio Grande Valley to suburban Dallas, as voters and candidates adjust to new lines that are usually redrawn only once a decade.
But Texas’ 18th House district is feeling it right now, thanks to the unexpected death of its Democratic congressman, Sylvester Turner, just weeks into this session of Congress; a special election that was delayed by the Republican governor to help Republican leaders in Washington navigate their narrow House majority; and new district lines that will take effect soon after the special election.
“It’s been wildly confusing to people,” said Amanda Edwards, a former Houston City Council member who is running for a seat in the district, as she knocked doors in the Woodland Heights neighborhood last Saturday morning.
The chaos is partly from an act of fate — the death of Mr. Turner on March 5 — but mostly from acts of humans. A special election to serve out the remainder...
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Tough toenails!
The only constant in life is change.
Gee Whiz, The New York Slimes and David Goodman sound concerned.
Looking at these new maps - it actually appears they are *less* gerrymandered, not more gerrymandered. Districts fully contiguous and compact - no zig zags, wrap arounds, etc. If anything, the prior maps were more gerrymandered to give the Dems a couple of districts for the appearance of “fairness.” Missouri’s proposed new map the same.
Then compare it Illinois, California, New York, etc. Zig zags, thread thin areas, etc. all over the place.
As long as the cucking Funt Jasmine Crockett is gone is all I care. She will have to revert to the straight talking, semi intelligent version of her self pre 2024 to make a living.
For years the democrats have gerrymandered districts far in the extreme of what republicans have done. Oddly, all 100% legal with the exception of gerrymandered districts based on race.
The republicans are simply playing defense against the democrats in other states. Gerrymandering is abhorrent but until a alternative is legally available it will continue and must until new laws are enacted. New Mexico voted 45% for Trump and not one Republican won a congressional seat due to gerrymandering. ZERO! Other states were the same.
When the Democrats invented “gerrymandering” and used it all over the US to help themselves, how much time did the New York Times spend on letting everyone know just exactly what they were up to? They even used one’s skin color as an excuse knowing that type of person would always vote democratic.
I have to laugh knowing the GOP sat back and waited. Now SCOTUS will soon wreck the part related to skin color at the very same time the GOP is gerrymandering all over the US.
40 - 60 seat pickup. Now, if we could only get rid of the 17th Amendment......
The heart bleeds.
buttttt it never ever sowed chaos in liberal states, right NYT?
I’ve seen this referenced a few times like it’s a done deal any day now and it’s been that way for months.
Houston is always in chaos.
“’It’s just kind of ridiculous,’ said one exasperated Houston voter, a trumpet teacher named George Chase.”
If you can’t trust the NY Slimes and this ‘trumpet teacher’ they fabricated from thin air, then who CAN you trust for the TRUTH?
*SMIRK*
I thought the court ordered Texas to redraw the maps.
I’m sure he is. But REALLY? THIS is the EXPERT the MY Slimes is trotting out? *SNORT*
Just saw this on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/100078452377013/posts/787215010570238/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v
Cadillac Ranch, where there are Cadillacs half buried standing up in the dirt.
Overnight somebody painted all of them red.
Wrote this is a turning point
[chaos] == [Democrats inconvenienced].
My former U.S. district was changed in 2024, due to minority lawsuits under the ridiculously outdated and unneeded Voting Rights Act. Instead of a local rep that was fighting for our needs I’m now “represented” by a guy from the other side of the state that doesn’t know we exist. And my state district was changed 4 years ago so I am “represented” by a minority that couldn’t care less about my area. I’ll get over it, and hope that the stupid VRA gets canned someday.
I still believe that all congressional districts should, by law, consist of no more than 6 sides, with natural boundaries such as rivers or coastlines along with state lines, counting as 1 side each. That would eliminate gerrymandering altogether.
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