The Texas Senate could soon vote to approve new congressional maps drawn to help Republicans win as many as five more House seats in next year’s midterm elections. The chamber voted to advance the ...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom said California's redistricting would counter Texas' rare mid-decade redistricting push. That doesn't mean California is turning back after a federal court in Texas blocked the state ...

I represent the people of El Paso, Texas in the state legislature, a west Texas district that is a 14-hour drive away from the Louisiana border. Yet, data from the Texas Legislative Council indicates ...

The Texas House on Wednesday approved redrawn congressional maps that would give Republicans a bigger edge in 2026, muscling through a partisan gerrymander that launched weeks of protests by Democrats ...

Missouri has joined Texas and California in redrawing its congressional maps, as part of a redistricting push that could lead to Republicans drawing themselves as many as six extra House seats while ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily paused a lower court ruling that blocked a new voting map in Texas, allowing the state to proceed for now with a plan aimed ...

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 ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom said California's redistricting would counter Texas' rare mid-decade redistricting push. That doesn't mean California is turning back after a federal court in Texas blocked the state ...

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. After a panel of three federal judges ruled 2-1 on Tuesday that Texas cannot ...