The Texas House Redistricting Committee has advanced a redrawn congressional map that would likely add five GOP seats in the House of Representatives.
"The map advanced on a 12-6 party line vote with Democrats raising objections to the newly proposed districts," FOX 7 Austin reports.
The proposed map could be considered by the entire state House as early as next week.
🚨 BREAKING: The Texas House Redistricting Committee JUST PASSED the new map that adds up to 5 Republican U.S. House seats for 2026.
It’s happening. pic.twitter.com/bI67kWN0tx
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 2, 2025
The Texas Tribune has more:
Texas Republicans launched the redistricting effort after pressure from President Donald Trump’s political operatives, who demanded state leaders redraw the map to help Republicans maintain their slim House majority ahead of a potentially difficult midterm election.
The House redistricting committee released its proposed redo of the map Wednesday. It slices up districts in the Houston, Austin and the Dallas areas, yielding five additional districts that would have voted for Trump by at least 10 percentage points in 2024. In 2024, Trump won 56.2% of votes in Texas. Under the current lines, Republicans hold 66% of Texas’ 38 House seats. The new map aims to push that share to 79%.
“Political performance does not guarantee electoral success — that’s up to the candidates,” Hunter said. “But it does allow Republican candidates the opportunity to compete in these districts.”
Gov. Greg Abbott, in adding redistricting to the special session agenda, cited a letter from the Justice Department claiming that four Texas districts were unconstitutionally racially gerrymandered.
"Texas House Redistricting Committee votes 12-6 to advance the redistricting map to the full House. A major win for grassroots activists who forced action! The real test is next week… we must vote IMMEDIATELY… and Texas Republicans have all the power they need to do it!" Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison commented.
Texas House Redistricting Committee votes 12-6 to advance the redistricting map to the full House.
A major win for grassroots activists who forced action!
The real test is next week… we must vote IMMEDIATELY… and Texas Republicans have all the power they need to do it!
— Brian Harrison (@brianeharrison) August 2, 2025
Further info from FOX 7 Austin:
This is a Guest Post from our friends over at 100 Percent Fed Up. View the original article here.Republicans currently control 25 of the state's 38 Congressional districts.
ADVERTISEMENTThe new map makes some big changes in North Texas. It moves Democrat Rep. Marc Veasey’s district from Tarrant to Dallas County.
Democrat Rep. Julie Johnson’s district moves from Dallas and Collin County to more conservative sections of East Texas.
And Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s Dallas seat becomes one of just two majority Black districts in the entire state.
The Democrats claim the redrawn maps will violate the federal Voting Rights Act, but that may be difficult for them to prove.
In Central Texas, Democrats Greg Casar and Lloyd Doggett would find their districts vastly different from the current map.
The district currently held by Casar would no longer include Travis County, while the district held by Doggett would no longer include a portion of Williamson County.
In Houston, the new map reshapes four currently Democrat-held districts. The biggest change to the districts would be in the seat currently held by Rep. Al Green. The new map would shift the district from covering southern Harris County and instead move it to the eastern part of the county.
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