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  • Republican Redistricting Is Sowing Chaos in Houston

    09/22/2025 4:01:50 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 24 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Sept. 22, 2025Updated 12:09 p.m. ET | David Goodman
    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...