Texas GOP’s New Congressional Map Targets Democratic Urban Districts
By: Nick Corasaniti, Ashley Cai, David Goodman and Shane Goldmacher | Published: 2025-07-30 22:43:00 | Source: www.nytimes.com
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Texas Republicans unveiled a redrawn congressional map that they hope will result in a gain of five seats in the U.S. House after the 2026 midterm elections. The new map, pushed by President Trump, puts areas of Houston, Dallas and San Antonio with Democratic incumbents into districts that now favor Republicans.
It does the same with two districts along the border. In redrawing the new maps, Republicans again were able to create what appear to be nearly universally safe seats, with none of their targeted districts closer than 10 percentage points based on 2024 election results.
Gov. Greg Abbott and the Republican-led legislature went along with the overtly partisan redistricting effort.
The proposed map must…
