Overview
- An El Paso–based three-judge federal panel issued an injunction barring Texas from using its 2025 congressional map, finding it racially discriminatory toward Black and Hispanic voters.
- Texas must conduct the November 2026 U.S. House elections under the 2021 district lines while the case proceeds.
- Governor Greg Abbott said he will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court and seek to reinstate the new map.
- Republicans advanced the redistricting to try to gain up to five additional House seats and bolster a narrow majority.
- The decision comes as both parties fight over maps in California, North Carolina, Missouri and Ohio, underscoring broader national stakes before 2026.