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Supreme Court Lets Texas Use New Congressional Map for 2026 Elections

The conservative majority ended a lower-court block on a map critics call discriminatory toward Black and Latino voters.

Overview

  • The ruling overturns a federal injunction and authorizes Texas to implement its summer 2025 redistricting plan.
  • Three liberal justices dissented, arguing the map assigns voters by ethnicity without sufficient justification.
  • Analysts project the plan could yield up to five additional Republican seats in the U.S. House next year.
  • Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other Republican officials welcomed the decision, while civil-rights groups condemned it.
  • Democratic-led California has redrawn its districts in a counter-move expected to add roughly five Democratic seats.