Overview

• The lawsuit challenges a Republican-drawn congressional map passed by the Texas House and Senate and seeks to stop the state from using it.
• Plaintiffs argue the plan reduces the ability of Black and Hispanic voters to elect candidates of their choice, calling the map intentionally harmful and discriminatory.
• Republican lawmakers say the lines reflect political performance, with projections that the map could net up to five additional GOP-leaning seats.
• The map had not been signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott at the time of the filings, and this complaint is among the first targeting the new plan.
• The court fight unfolds as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a Voting Rights Act case in October, and as the NAACP urges blue states to undertake their own redraws in response.