Posted on 08/29/2025 11:16:26 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed into law a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans gain more seats in the 2026 midterm elections, delivering a win for President Donald Trump and his desire to hold on to a slim GOP majority in the U.S. House.
The Texas map drafted in rare mid-decade redistricting prompted fierce protests from Democrats and sparked a gerrymandering tug-of-war for voters in states across the country.
“Texas is now more red in the United States Congress,” Abbott said in a video he posted on X of him signing the legislation.
Before Texas lawmakers passed their new map, California passed a bill asking voters to approve new Democratic-leaning districts to counter any Republican gains in Texas.
The incumbent president’s party usually loses congressional seats in the midterm election. On a national level, the partisan makeup of existing districts puts Democrats within three seats of a majority.
Voting rights groups filed a lawsuit this week ahead of Abbott’s signing the bill, saying the new map weakens the electoral influence of Black voters.
Texas Democrats have also vowed to challenge the new map in court. They delayed a vote by two weeks by leaving Texas on Aug. 3 in protest and to rally support nationally. Upon their return, they were assigned round-the-clock police monitoring to ensure they showed up for debate.
But the large Republican majority in the Texas Legislature made its ultimate passage all but inevitable.
The head of Texas’ Democratic Party criticized Abbott, saying he and Republicans “effectively surrendered Texas to Washington” with the new map.
“They love to boast about how ‘Texas Tough’ they are, but when Donald Trump made one call, they bent over backwards to prioritize his politics over Texans,” state Democratic Party Chairman Kendall Scudder said in...
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Go to your crying room Kendall
Anyone have a link to a decent map of the new districts? The ones I’ve seen are very low resolution and it is difficult to see exactly where the lines run. I need one that shows the actual streets dividing the districts in urban areas.
Trump did nothing to promote this. The redraw was ordered by a court because the dems sued. The Texas GOP obliged.
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So uh, when does the Judiciary jump in screaming racism! and seize control of elections in Texas?
Cuz you know, everyone NotWhite deserves their own special districts guaranteed to elect “one of their kind”.
One man/many votes as the Rat Party planned it.
Waiting for the AP headline about NO GOP representatives in CT, DE, HI, MA, NM, RI or VT . . .
This is fun to watch. Libs getting angry because their opposition is doing the same thing they’ve done for 40 years.
Per prior warroom conversations on this topic
Texas WAS redrawing districts to be strongly favoring republicans, and could have redone 7-10 seats, but instead only did 5.
Instead, after the democrats protested, the rinos redrew them to only favor republican, making them more likely to be overturned by the dems in later elections.
Texan rinos like to talk big, but even more, like to legislate themselves out of power.
The Democratic Copium on Reddit is Delicious !!
Demoncrazy as we know it is over!!!!! WAAAAAAAAH!
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