Their model is the 2003 redistricting, when Republicans flipped Texas’s congressional delegation from a Democratic majority to 2-to-1 Republican.

Texas Republican legislators weren’t going to be the ones to go first. But they all likely understand their redistricting plan is not a muscular flex, but an act of obedience.

Texas Republicans are banking on Latino voters staying Republican as central to an ambitious redistricting plan. On Wednesday, Republicans unveiled their proposed map for Texas, which would create ...

Republican lawmakers reveal proposed redistricting map that would remake four Houston-area congressional districts, with a majority of the changes falling on U.S. Rep. Al Green's district and ...

The White House has urged Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and state Republicans to advance on a rare mid-decade redistricting, with the hope that shifting boundaries could help the party pick up as many as ...

Texas state Rep. Jolanda “Jo” Jones looks through U.S. Congressional District maps during a redistricting hearing at the Texas Capitol, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Austin, Texas.

Earlier this month, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, a Trump ally, added redistricting to the agenda for a special legislative session, citing concerns raised by Trump’s Department of Justice ...

In response, Governor Abbott made redistricting a special session priority, even though he and the republican majority approved the current map in 2021.

Abbott, a Republican, has pointed to this letter as being the rationale for including a mid-decade redistricting push as a topic to be discussed in the special session he called. It began on July 21.

Texas Democrats face their Alamo with new GOP congressional map Democrats in and out of the state are exploring options to block or counter Republicans' controversial redistricting plan.