Despite explosive growth turning Tarrant into a racially diverse swing county, two new political maps will leave it with whiter, more Republican representation.

Republican lawmakers are pursuing the unusual mid-decade redistricting plan amid pressure from President Donald Trump to protect the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House.

Governor Greg Abbott and Texas House Republicans are rushing a new, never-before-seen congressional map to a full vote without giving Texans any chance for public input. This comes after thousands of ...

The congressional seat in Texas’ 18th District, a hub of Black political power, has been vacant for months. Redistricting could further disrupt representation for its voters.

On Saturday, about 5,000 people gathered at the Capitol in Austin to protest President Donald Trump and the Texas Legislature’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to give Republicans m...

The second session is set to consider the same agenda that stalled in the first, with redistricting and disaster response at the top of the governor’s priorities.

In one neighborhood of the city, Latinos worry about immigration and urban problems but may soon be grouped in with suburban voters.

State leaders in both parties say they're ready to redraw political lines ahead of 2026, but state laws and constitutions make mid-decade redistricting virtually impossible in many places.

New maps would mean months of work for election officials, and key deadlines are approaching. Says one official: “Who knows if we’ll have enough time?”

It would "suppress the votes of Black and brown Austinites," one Democrat said.

Gov. Greg Abbott is suing to remove state Rep. Gene Wu from office for leading a Democrat walkout over Trump's redistricting plan. But Texans know who really abandoned us.

The Voting Rights Act was signed into law 60 years ago but has been slowly eroding for more than a decade.

Testify at the Texas Capitol Against Racially Gerrymandered Redistricting! Lawmakers are pushing a mid-decade redistricting plan (SB 4) that would reduce the number of districts where communities of...

Texas lawmakers are poised to approved an aggressive redistricting plan they hope will flip five of the state's congressional seats from Democrat to...

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Governor Abbott has put mid-decade redistricting front and center during the special session following pressure from the Trump administration in a blatant attempt to increase Republican representation...

YouTube video by Fair Maps Texas

Governor Abbott has put mid-decade redistricting front and center during the special session following pressure from the Trump administration in a blatant attempt to increase Republican representation...

YouTube video by Fair Maps Texas

Texas lawmakers could redraw the state's congressional maps during the ongoing special session. President Donald Trump has said he wants to pick up five more seats through a map redraw.

Fair Maps Texas is a nonpartisan reform effort aimed at fixing the broken redistricting system in Texas.

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