Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Wednesday was set to jet into Texas to push again in opposition to a Republican plan to redraw Congressional districts in a weird plan that would flip at the least 5 seats.
The Democratic minority chief is searching for to rally opposition to the plan hatched by President Trump and his GOP allies to gerrymander the deep crimson Lone Star state in the midst of the last decade forward of the 2026 midterm congressional elections.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters close to the Rose Backyard. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Photographs)
Republicans hope to make use of the partisan energy play in Texas and maybe a number of different crimson states to cling to regulate of the Home, which they now maintain by solely a handful of seats.
Democrats in New York, New Jersey, California and different blue states have mentioned retaliating by redistricting their very own states to probably add some Democratic-leaning seats. However there are formidable authorized and political hurdles, just like the New York structure that mandates redistricting solely as soon as a decade.
Texas Republicans Wednesday unveiled a brand new congressional map geared toward increase the present 25-13 edge over Democrats to maybe 30-8, beginning in 2026.
The GOP plan goals to flip two Democratic-held seats in South Texas, a Latino-dominated area that has swung very dramatically to the precise within the Trump period. It additionally chops up at the least one Democratic seat every within the blue-leaning Dallas, Houston and Austin areas, all with out severely watering down GOP edges in neighboring districts held by Republicans.
Republicans management all side of presidency in Texas and the courts are stacked with far right-wing conservatives who’re unlikely to look kindly to any objections by Democrats or voting rights advocates.
Outnumbered Democratic state lawmakers might flee the state to disclaim Republicans a quorum within the state home through the particular session known as by Gov. Greg Abbott, however most observers imagine that tactic is unlikely to succeed.
Initially Revealed: July 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM EDT
