townhall.com By Matt Vespa
It’s over. Texas has a new congressional map for the 2026 midterms, though it took over two weeks after state Democrats unnecessarily fled to prevent a quorum. The new map gives Republicans five winnable seats, all majority Hispanic districts. Democrats could’ve said, ‘ok, let’s fight for these voters who are gettable,’ but they decided to make a hash out of it.
First, the messaging was abysmal, coupled with the fact that no one cared. Even the legacy press said these Texas Democrats ran away. They were off message from the get-go. Only after getting guarantees from California Democrats that they would gerrymander their state again did these exiled derelict lawmakers return to the Texas House to face the inevitable. The new map sailed through the Texas Senate—this was the final stop. And now it’s done (via Texas Tribune):
🚨#BREAKING: The Texas House of Representatives has passed a Trump backed GOP redistricting map following a seven-hour debate.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas House gives initial approval to new maps that would create up to 5 more winnable congressional seats for the GOP.
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The Republican-led Texas House on Wednesday pushed through a new congressional map crafted to hand five additional U.S. House seats to the GOP over fierce opposition from Democrats, who cast the plan as a racially discriminatory attempt by President Donald Trump to stack the deck in next year’s midterm election…
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