By Robert Moore, El Paso Matters A proposed redistricting of Texas’ U.S. House of Representative seats would not significantly alter the partisan makeup of El Paso’s primary congressional seat currently held by Democrat Veronica Escobar, but reopens a bitter fight from 2021 over placing Fort Bliss in the district currently represented by Republican Tony Gonzales.

Texas Republicans Wednesday unveiled their plan for a rare mid-decade redistricting pushed by President Donald Trump as part of an effort to preserve a narrow GOP majority in the U.S. House during the 2026 midterm elections. The redistricting effort is being debated in a special session of the Texas Legislature and is subject to changes. The map redraws boundaries in a way that could yield an additional five more GOP seats in the

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