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Democrats slam rush to redraw US House maps at first hearing in Texas
TEXAS, JUL 25 – Texas Republicans aim to create five more winnable U.S. House seats in a rare mid-decade redistricting effort urged by Donald Trump to strengthen their slim majority.
- Texas lawmakers held the first public hearing on July 25, 2025, to discuss redrawing the state's congressional map during a special legislative session.
- The redistricting effort follows a July 7 letter from the Department of Justice demanding that four racially gerrymandered districts be redrawn and is urged by President Donald Trump.
- The hearings are part of an uncommon mid-decade redistricting process occurring amid ongoing legal challenges, taking place as Texas continues to recover from severe flooding earlier this month that resulted in the loss of at least 136 lives.
- Republicans, holding a slim U.S. House majority, aim to create three or four additional winnable seats, while Democrats condemned the effort as a power grab and vowed to oppose it by any means.
- Two more hearings are scheduled for July 26 in Houston and July 28 in Arlington, with map consideration to follow after the public feedback and before the Special Session ends August 19.
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By: Roy Douglas Malonson They’re doing it again—just like they always have. Quietly, behind closed doors, and in the middle of summer when they think nobody’s paying attention. Only this time, it’s not poll taxes or literacy tests. It’s lines on a map. And if we’re not careful, those lines are going to erase Black political power in Houston for the next decade. Last week, Governor Greg Abbott called a special session of the Texas Legislature. …
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