Texas Redistricting Update July 2025

Texas Redistricting Update July 2025 Governor greg abbott convened a 30 day special legislative session on july 21, instructing lawmakers to redraw the state’s 38 u.s. house districts. Texas congressional districts as redrawn by the texas legislature in a 2025 special session. changes from the previous map highlighted.

Texas Redistricting Update July 2025 Texas state rep. jolanda "jo" jones looks through us congressional district maps during a redistricting hearing at the texas capitol on july 24 in austin, texas. Republicans undertook the rare, mid decade redistricting in hopes of picking up five additional congressional seats and protecting the gop’s narrow majority in the u.s. house. the move could give. On july 21, 2025, the texas legislature began a 30 day special legislative session for redistricting. texas republicans released a map draft on july 30, 2025, that included five additional republican leaning districts. Abbott challenges texas’s 2025 mid decade congressional redistricting as unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. civil rights groups argue lawmakers illegally relied on race and drew maps violating black and hispanic voters’ equal protection rights.

Texas Redistricting 2025 Find Your New District The Texas Tribune On july 21, 2025, the texas legislature began a 30 day special legislative session for redistricting. texas republicans released a map draft on july 30, 2025, that included five additional republican leaning districts. Abbott challenges texas’s 2025 mid decade congressional redistricting as unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. civil rights groups argue lawmakers illegally relied on race and drew maps violating black and hispanic voters’ equal protection rights. Texas gop lawmakers released a proposed new congressional map that aims to flip five democratic seats in next year’s midterm elections. Texas democrats have been discussing the possibility of preventing a quorum ever since mr. abbott, a republican, added redistricting to the agenda for the special session that began july 21. Texas republicans released their proposed new map on july 30. ahead of the official release, punchbowl news first reported that the anticipated redraw would shift district boundaries around. Those concerns were raised in a letter dated july 7, 2025, in which lawyers from the u.s. department of justice’s civil rights division state that several texas congressional districts (tx 09, tx 18, tx 29, and tx 33) are unconstitutionally racially gerrymandered.