Texas seeks Supreme Court order to use a congressional map judges held is likely racially biased
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A federal court issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday stopping a congressional map enacted this year from being used during the 2026 midterm elections. U. S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, said the plaintiffs are likely to prove that the new map is racially gerrymandered. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to appeal the ruling to the U. S. Supreme Court.
Texas cannot use its new congressional map for the 2026 election and will instead need to stick with the lines passed in 2021, a three-judge panel ruled Tuesday. The decision is a major blow for Republicans, in Texas and nationally, who pushed through this unusual mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump. They were hoping the new map would yield control of 30 of the state’s 38 congressional districts up from the 25 they currently hold and help protect the narrow GOP majority in the U. S. House. “The public perception of this case is that it’s.
How the Golden State votes on Prop 50 will likely impact which party retains control of Congress in 2026 and how Californians are represented in the nation’s capital. Here’s everything to know about the special election on Nov.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has successfully recruited prized political heavyweights in key battlegrounds, but left-wing insurgents are threatening to dash his plans to create a competitive midterm map for Democrats. The toss-up Maine Senate race is perhaps ground zero for the ideological, and in some cases generational, clash, with embattled first-time candidate Graham [.].
An aggressive redistricting effort in the state could net the Democratic Party as many as three additional House seats next year.
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