Republicans may be facing a “worst-case scenario” in their redistricting fight with Democrats after a three-judge federal court panel ruled that Texas cannot use a racially gerrymandered congressional map hastily drawn this summer at President Donald Trump’s urging. Trump’s public push for Texas and other red states like Indiana to revise their maps ahead of […]
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Republicans may be facing a “worst-case scenario” in their redistricting fight with Democrats after a three-judge federal court panel ruled that Texas cannot use a racially gerrymandered congressional map hastily drawn this summer at President Donald Trump’s urging.
Trump’s public push for Texas and other red states like Indiana to revise their maps ahead of the 2026 elections to boost the GOP headcount in the House of Representatives spurred Democrats in California and Virginia to redraw their own. The goal in Texas was to net up to five additional Republican seats that would allow the GOP to secure the House for Trump’s final two years in office.
