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Texas Republicans are pushing for an unprecedented middecade redistricting effort aimed at creating up to five additional Republican-leaning congressional seats. This move, actively supported by former President Donald Trump, represents an unusual departure from the typical practice of redistricting only after each decennial census[5][6]. The proposed new map is expected to increase Republican control from the current 66% to approximately 79% of Texas’ U.S. House seats[22][23].

What makes this redistricting particularly controversial is its timing and explicit partisan goals. Texas Gov. Greg Abbo

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