Texas Republicans are trying to rig the map for the next election

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Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session of the state legislature on Wednesday to demand the GOP-controlled body redraw the state's congressional districts, an effort to gerrymander the state to try to squeeze out more seats for Republicans in the 2026 midterms.

Abbott called the special session because President Donald Trump wants Texas Republicans to rig the map for the GOP to try to offset potential Republican losses next November, when Republicans could lose control of their three-seat House majority. Political analysts say that under the current congressional maps, Democrats are favored to win control of the House in 2026.

Knowing that Democratic House control would end Trump’s legislative agenda and allow Democrats to investigate his corrupt business dealings and administration, Trump is desperately trying to prevent that from happening by getting Texas and Ohio to be "ruthless" and make their state congressional districts even more heavily Republican gerrymanders.

Texas was the first state to bite, after Abbott called the special session. Abbott cited a letter Trump’s Department of Justice sent purporting to say that several Democratic-held Texas congressional districts "constitute unconstitutional racial gerrymanders" and should be redrawn. But that's obviously just a ruse to give Republicans an excuse to redraw the congressional districts to give Republicans an edge.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/10/2332652/-Texas-Republicans-are-trying-to-rig-the-map-for-the-next-election