Texas Governor Greg Abbott is imminently expected to sign off on the state’s radically redrawn congressional map, igniting a national redistricting battle ahead of 2026 midterm elections with the balance of power in Congress at stake. The Republican ...

A panel of federal judges began considering Wednesday whether Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that boosts Republicans and launched an expanding redistricting battle ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The case in an El Paso courtroom is the ...

Voters there are heading to the polls to vote on Proposition 50, in which would adopt a new congressional map that redraws five districts to be more Democratic-leaning. Supporters of the initiative -- and the ballot text itself -- say it will counteract how Texas redrew its map. A few other states are in the process of redrawing maps.

In redrawing their congressional maps, Democrats in California and Republicans in Texas are making the same bet: Things won’t get much worse for them in next year’s midterm elections than they were in 2024. Both states’ legislatures last week ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas Senate gave final approval to a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map early Saturday, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature. President Donald Trump has pushed for the map to help the GOP maintain its slim ...

The attached video originally aired on Aug 23, 2025, as part of KXAN’s State of Texas. This story was first published on Sept. 29, 2025 by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them ...

Civil rights advocates on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to overturn a redistricting map expected to favor Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections, saying it weakens the electoral influence of Black voters. The NAACP and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights ...