Texas Democrat has doubts GOP will pick up 5 seats with redistricting

How N.Y. can blunt Texas redistricting

Democracy is in peril. Donald Trump is determined to crush opposition, and Texas Republicans are backing him up. Gov. Greg Abbott has signed new maps to redraw congressional lines and capture up to five new GOP House seats in the 2026 midterms — potentially consolidating long-term GOP control. Other Republican states may follow Texas’ while Trump’s hand-picked Supreme Court majority further guts the Voting Rights Act. “This is a war,” said Gov. …

Texas Democrat has doubts GOP will pick up 5 seats with redistricting

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said he thinks Republicans will gain three House seats after Texas’s controversial redistricting, not the five President Trump is hoping for. Trump asked Texas Republicans to draw new districts to net five more Republican seats ahead of next year’s midterm elections. The GOP targeted two seats in South Texas — Cuellar’s…

Congressman from Texas doubts GOP will pick up 5 seats with redistricting

(NEXSTAR) – Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said he thinks Republicans will gain three seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after Texas' redistricting, and not five, as President Donald Trump hoped.  President Trump asked Texas Republicans to draw new districts to net five more Republican seats in the midterms. Republicans targeted two seats in South Texas — Cuellar's and Rep. Vicente Gonzalez's (D-Texas). President Trump carried both …

Collin County and other suburban areas are at the forefront of Texas redistricting battle

Collin County may become a contested political battle ground under Texas' new congressional map that aims to add five Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives.