Overview

• The mid-decade redraw, now law, is designed to create up to five additional Republican pickup opportunities in the U.S. House.
• Texas Republicans advanced the plan after Democrats’ quorum-denial walkout delayed a vote, and Abbott promoted the “One Big Beautiful Map.”
• President Trump pushed the effort nationally, while California advanced a counter-map that adds Democratic-leaning seats pending voter approval in November.
• Civil-rights and voting-rights groups have sued alleging dilution of Black and Latino voting power, with a three-judge federal panel setting October 1–10 hearings; GOP leaders say the lines rely on voting history and add majority-minority seats.
• The new lines are already reshaping races, with Rep. Lloyd Doggett saying he will not seek reelection if the map stands, as separate courts like Utah’s order remedial maps in parallel fights.