Voting Rights Act, Texas and partisan maps
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The court issued a decision Monday morning allowing Texas to use the controversial congressional maps that were drawn last summer. The order reverses a lower court ruling that could have led to the maps being thrown out.
I represent the people of El Paso, Texas in the state legislature, a west Texas district that is a 14-hour drive away from the Louisiana border. Yet, data from the Texas Legislative Council indicates that the congressional lines Republicans are rushing ...
Texas Republicans claim victory in Supreme Court ruling allowing congressional map to go into effect
Texas’ top Republicans and Democrats were swift to issue praise and condemnation after Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing the state to use its controversial new congressional map in the 2026 midterm elections. The map was passed this ...
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers on Wednesday passed a new congressional district map intended to flip five Democratic-held U.S. House seats to Republican control in next year's midterm elections, a key step in an increasingly acrimonious partisan battle ...
The U.S. Supreme Court will allow Texas to use its new congressional map for the 2026 elections. The ruling sides with Gov. Greg Abbott in a challenge claiming the map discriminates against Latino voters. The decision is temporary and does not end the ...
The Supreme Court approved Texas's redrawn congressional map, sparking outrage from Democrats who call it 'racist.'