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Texas legislators have redrawn the state’s legislative areas in an uncommon mid-decade redistricting initiative pressed by Head of state Donald Trump to obtain even more Republican seats in Congress.
The brand-new areas, authorized right into regulation by Gov. Greg Abbott last Friday, were made to provide the GOP 5 even more united state Residence seats in the 2026 midterms. Teams standing for Black and Latino citizens have actually submitted legal actions to quit the brand-new maps from entering into result declaring that they victimize citizens of shade.
Preventing any type of court judgments obstructing the maps for 2026, numerous citizens might be enacting legislative areas with various political leanings or group bulks in the approaching midterms.
If you enter your address listed below, you can see exactly how your areas might have transformed. (Do not fret, we will not keep your info.) Click each map to check out the areas in even more information.
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