Texas Senate, congress and Republicans
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The new map could help Republicans flip as many as five seats, boosting the GOP’s chances of holding House control.
The map’s passage was a major victory in President Trump’s push to get Republican state leaders to help his party keep control of the U.S. House.
Texas Republicans undertook the rare mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump, who says he wants to bolster the odds of preserving his party's slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives amid political headwinds.
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California voters will decide redistricting in November, escalating battle with Trump and Texas
Ratcheting up the pressure in the escalating national fight over control of Congress, the California Legislature on Thursday approved November special election to ask voters in November to redraw the state's electoral lines to favor Democrats and thwart President Trump's far-right policy agenda.
Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives returned to Austin on Aug. 18, 2025, but their protest of redistricting efforts continues.