WASHINGTON — Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ruling. Now, Texas Republicans want to break that tradition — and other states could follow suit.

Democrats in Texas' House have left the state to prevent the vote on a redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump that would send five more Republicans to Washington after the 2026 midterm elections and make it harder for Democrats to regain the majority and blunt the president's agenda.

The state has 38 seats in the House. Republicans now hold 25 and Democrats 12, with one seat vacant after the death of a Democrat.

“There’s been a lot more efforts by the parties and political actors to push the boundaries – literally and figuratively – to re

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