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The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Texas to use a new congressional map that could help Republicans win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterm election. The decision released.

2025 Texas redistricting Map of Texas's congressional districts as passed by the Governor of Texas on August 29, 2025, and will be used at the 2026 House elections [1] Texas congressional districts districts as redrawn by the Texas Legislature in a 2025 special session. Changes from the previous map highlighted. The Supreme Court on Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans, allowing next year's elections to be held under the state's congressional redistricting plan favorable to the GOP and.

The Supreme Court ruled for Texas and its GOP leaders on Thursday, clearing the way for the state to use a new election map that could give Republicans more House seats in 2026. Instead, Texas Republicans have, in my view, used racial engineering to make sure Texans of color cannot meaningfully influence elections for Congress or the state legislature. The Supreme Court allowed Texas to use a new congressional district map in next year's midterm elections that was drawn to maximize Republican political power.

Texas can use its newly redrawn congressional map in the 2026 elections, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Dec. 4.

State lawmakers approved the new congressional boundaries this summer, after President. A Detailed Analysis of Texas' New Congressional Map by Nathaniel Rakich August 27, 2025 10:57 AM EDT Fearful of losing their majority in the House of Representatives, Republicans have embarked on a multi-state offensive to redraw congressional maps in their favor. This month, they won the first, and arguably biggest, battle of that campaign: The state legislature passed (and Gov.

Greg. State Rep. Jolanda Jones, D-Houston, looks at a packet of maps of Texas congressional districts during a congressional redistricting committee meeting on July 24, 2025 in Austin, Texas.

The Supreme Court will allow the state to use a new Republican-friendly map in the 2026 midterms. (Ronaldo Bolaños/The Texas Tribune). From the beginning Texas' mid-decade redistricting effort began in July 2025, when President Donald Trump (R) urged Texas legislators to redraw the state's congressional map to help Republicans retain their U.S.

House majority in the 2026 elections. Republicans currently have a 219-212 majority in the House, with four vacancies.