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If everything goes Democrats’ way, Trump’s demands for five seats in Texas to mitigate losses elsewhere may not materialize.
Texas Republicans undertook the rare mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump. Democrats have accused them of a bid to unfairly rig the outcome of the 2026 midterm races.
Texas’ House of Representatives is approving a new map that creates up to five new, winnable congressional seats for the GOP.
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, who has represented Austin in Congress for 30 years, said Thursday he might not seek reelection in 2026 if the state’s newly approved redistricting map remains in place.
The 78-year-old Democrat is eschewing a possible member-on-member primary, but did not indicate whether he will retire from Congress.
Texas Republicans' redrawn congressional maps will split up the district of the only out LGBTQ+ representative from the South.
Michigan has independent redistricting and a divided state government that pretty much take it out of the fight over congressional maps before 2026.
The Democratic lawmakers have been in Illinois since Aug. 3 to avoid a vote on the remap during a special legislative session called by Texas GOP.
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