Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the invoice redrawing Texas’ congressional map into legislation, he mentioned on Friday. The milestone for the Republican-driven mid-decade redistricting within the Lone Star state comes as different states think about redrawing their congressional maps.
Abbott, who signed the invoice round per week after the state Senate handed it, shared a video on social media Friday displaying the Republican governor placing his signature on the laws.
“Texas is now extra crimson in the US Congress,” he added proper afterwards.
States often draw their congressional map as soon as a decade, after the census, however President Donald Trump and the White Home pushed the state to redraw its map with the intention to help Republicans bolster their slim majority within the U.S. Home of Representatives in 2026’s midterm elections.
Specialists mentioned the new congressional map might enable Republicans to flip as much as 5 seats; Republicans mentioned the brand new district borders had been drawn primarily based on political efficiency and different issues allowed by legislation.
State Consultant Matt Morgan holds a map of the brand new proposed congressional districts in Texas, throughout a legislative session on the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, August 20, 2025.
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Democrats mentioned the maps unfairly goal and marginalize voters of shade. Dozens of Democratic legislators within the Texas Home of Representatives left the state for weeks in early August with the intention to halt a particular legislative session known as by Abbott that included redistricting as an merchandise on the agenda.
Texas Home Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu debates the newly launched redistricting invoice, Home invoice 4 throughout a Home assembly within the State Capitol on Aug. 20, 2025, in Austin, Texas.
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They returned after Republican leaders terminated that session early, and after California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders there unveiled plans to have Californians vote on new maps favoring Democrats in November. Different states similar to Indiana and Illinois are additionally contemplating mid-decade redistricting, whereas Utah and Ohio are required to redraw their maps this yr because of court docket orders.
Democrats and voting rights teams are additionally already difficult the brand new Texas maps in court docket, with extra lawsuits anticipated to return. Texas’ 2021 congressional map was already the topic of a number of lawsuits.
“This isn’t over — we’ll see these clowns in court docket,” Texas Democratic Celebration chair Kendall Scudder mentioned in a press release Friday.
ABC Information’ Brittany Shepherd and Benjamin Siegel contributed to this report.
