TX House Approves Maps Sought By Trump Ahead Of 2026 Elections

1 week ago Texas’ House of Representatives is approving a new map that creates up to five new, winnable congressional seats for the GOP. The map passed Wednesday after a push by President Donald Trump for Republican-controlled states to redraw their legislative maps to give his party a better chance of holding onto control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the midterm elections. The maps must be approved by Texas’ Republican-controlled Senate and Gov. Greg Abbott before they become official. The new maps are likely to trigger revised maps in California to create new Democratic-leaning seats later this week. Those would need to be approved by voters before becoming official.