Abbott vows to appeal ruling on Texas congressional map
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) vowed Tuesday that he would appeal a ruling that a new GOP-favored map that Republicans passed earlier this year could not be used for the 2026 midterms. “The Legislature redrew our congressional maps to better reflect Texans’ conservative voting preferences — and for no other reason,” Abbott said in a […]
By Joseph Lord Contributing Writer The Texas Senate was set Friday to take up a bill to redraw Texas’s congressional maps to increase Republicans’ hold on the state’s U.S. House delegation by as many as five seats. The Senate had not yet voted on the bill as of the publication of…
By Joseph Lord Contributing Writer The Texas Senate was set Friday to take up a bill to redraw Texas’s congressional maps to increase Republicans’ hold on the state’s U.S. House delegation by as many as five seats. The Senate had not yet voted on the bill as of the publication of…
AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Sunday afternoon, State Senators launched a public hearing on a bill to redraw congressional voting districts in Texas. The hearing comes two days after Governor Greg Abbott called a second special session of the Texas Legislature. Congressional redistricting is one of the 19 items on Abbott’s special…