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Texas Senate passes new Republican-drawn congressional map

August 23, 2025
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Texas Senate passes new Republican-drawn congressional map
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The Republican-controlled Texas state Senate passed the party’s new congressional maps late Friday, completing a legislative odyssey that included significant Democratic delays and sparked a nationwide scramble over redistricting in the process.

The vote means the maps, which were designed to pad the Republican majority in the U.S. Congress, will go into effect when signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, a proponent of the plan who has been cheered on by President Donald Trump.

Trump initially led the calls for Texas to redraw its congressional map, saying his party is “entitled to” five more congressional seats from the state. That’s what the maps intend to do: By redrawing congressional district boundaries in key cities as well as along the state’s border, Texas will have 30 congressional districts that Trump carried last fall by a double-digit margin.

The GOP currently controls 25 of the state’s 38 congressional districts.

Republicans have been adamant, and blunt, from the start of the process that their exercise has been a political one aimed solely at increasing their party’s power in Washington, where the House is almost evenly balanced. Democrats need a net gain of just three seats in the 2026 elections to take the majority.

Democrats have accused Republicans of setting a dangerous precedent by not waiting until 2031 to redraw the lines, as is customary, and they said the new maps would hurt minority representation in the state, a charge their Republican colleagues denied.

Unlike the state House, where business ground to a halt earlier this month when dozens of Democrats fled the state to deny the body a quorum to move forward with legislation, forcing Abbott to call another special session, the Senate has not been stymied by those efforts.

With Abbott poised to sign the new maps into law, the spotlight shifts to California, where Democratic lawmakers have their own proposal to redraw their state’s congressional boundaries as political retribution for Texas’ move. Unlike in Texas, where regular legislation is enough to change the maps, California Democrats’ proposal must also be approved by the voters in a special election this fall in order to take effect.

The post Texas Senate passes new Republican-drawn congressional map appeared first on NBC News.

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