US EditionProp 50 Unlikely to Be Impacted After Judges Block Texas From Using Its New House Map, Expert Says
A federal panel found Texas' redrawn map racially gerrymandered to harm Black and Hispanic voters, blocking its use and challenging GOP's slim majority ahead of 2026 elections.
- On November 18, a three-judge federal panel in El Paso struck down Texas's new congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, barring its use for the 2026 midterms.
- Texas lawmakers approved a rapid summer redraw engineered to give Republicans five additional House seats, prompting civil-rights groups including the NAACP to sue over diluted Black, Hispanic and Asian American voting strength.
- The judges found that race predominated in key districts, noting minority voters were packed or split to reduce multi-ethnic coalition districts and issued a 2025 map opinion supported by 628 footnotes.
- Texas officials filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after Gov. Greg Abbott defended the map, while election administrators must prepare ballots and filings under the restored 2022-era map.
- The Justice Department sued in California federal court to block new congressional boundaries approved by California voters, though experts say Proposition 50, passed with 64% support on Nov. 4, is unlikely affected.
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Court blocks GOP friendly Texas voting map in major blow ahead of 2026 - Asian Journal News
The United States Courthouse in El Paso, Texas, where a three judge federal panel blocked the GOP drawn congressional map for the 2026 elections. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Federal court blocks Texas’s new GOP drawn congressional map, ruling it racially gerrymandered. Decision keeps current districts for the 2026 midterms. AUSTIN, TEXAS - A federal judicial panel has…
How the GOP’s Gerrymandering in Texas Backfired
In a blockbuster decision on Tuesday, a three-judge federal court in Texas struck down that state’s new redistricting map, which was deliberately drawn to give Republicans five new seats in Congress.The court deemed the map unconstitutional, but not because it was a partisan gerrymander. Under a 2019 Supreme Court case, partisan gerrymanders are not unconstitutional. Instead, the court ruled that Texas’s new map is an unconstitutional racial ger…
Federal Court Blocks Texas Congressional Map, Raising Questions About California's Redistricting
A federal court decision blocking Texas from using its newly drawn congressional map for next year's midterm elections has sparked questions about whether California's recently approved redistricting changes could face similar legal challenges.The Texas ruling serves as an indicator of how courts may approach redistricting disputes moving forward, according to political scientist Ian Anderson. However, California's situation differs significantl…
Prop 50 unlikely to be impacted after judges block Texas from using its new House map, expert says
After a federal court blocked Texas from using a redrawn U.S. House map, experts say California's Proposition 50 is unlikely to be impacted by the judicial ruling.
Today on Texas Standard: Federal court blocks redrawn Texas congressional map
A three-judge panel has ruled that Texas cannot use its newly drawn congressional map for the 2026 midterms, ordering the state to revert to its previous boundaries while legal challenges play out. The decision is already reshaping candidate strategies and could alter several competitive races.
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