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The Texas Senate could vote Friday to approve new congressional maps drawn to help Republicans win as many as five more House seats in next year’s midterm elections.
Texas lawmakers meet again Friday, when the Republican majority in the Senate could give final approval to their map.
Republican lawmakers are poised to push the map through over fierce Democratic opposition, positioning the GOP to net up to five additional seats in Texas.
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 vote overcame weeks of protests from House Democrats who fled the state to stall a vote on the mid-cycle redistricting.
Powerful new techniques and a partisan environment are influencing congressional redistricting by Texas Republicans, Benjamin Schneer explains. Schneer is a faculty member at Harvard Kennedy School.
Michigan has independent redistricting and a divided state government that pretty much take it out of the fight over congressional maps before 2026.
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