New Texas congressional map will create five districts Trump carried by double digits [View all]
Texas Republicans would create five House seats that President Donald Trump carried by 10 or more points in November through a redrawn congressional map to be released Wednesday, according to a person close to the process who was granted anonymity to discuss a map not yet public.
Four of the GOPs pickup opportunities reside in majority-Hispanic districts.
The new map created at Trumps urging stands to upend the midterms next year and give Republicans an opportunity to cling to their razor-thin House majority. The GOPs success depends on the party maintaining its gains among Hispanic voters, a demographic shift that helped Trump reclaim the White House. The contours of the new map were first reported by Punchbowl News.
The 30-day special session called by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is scheduled to end Aug. 19, which gives state lawmakers a few weeks to finish the process.
Congressional maps are redesigned at least once a decade in response to the U.S. Census, in what is typically a politically rife process. Ohio is also redrawing its maps ahead of 2026, and Democrats across the country are mulling ways to fight this existential threat as they grasp for control over the House next year.
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