Overview

• President Trump told Texas Republicans he expects a simple mid-decade map redraw to yield up to five additional GOP House seats ahead of the 2026 midterms
• Gov. Greg Abbott has called a special legislative session beginning July 21 that includes congressional redistricting among its priorities following the DOJ’s racial gerrymandering warning
• Texas state officials have testified they did not consider race when drawing existing districts, directly refuting the Justice Department’s allegations
• House Democrats, led by Hakeem Jeffries and Suzan DelBene, have denounced the effort as an election-rigging scheme that would disenfranchise minority voters
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signaled a possible redistricting response but state law vests mapmaking authority in an independent commission that cannot be overridden