The Texas House of Representatives approved new congressional maps that could give Republicans an even larger advantage in the state in the 2026 midterms.

The new maps carve out several new Republican-leaning districts while making Democrat-held districts in the Rio Grande Valley more competitive.

Congressional maps are typically redrawn once a decade, in light of new Census data. This mid-decade do-over was pushed by President Donald Trump, who hoped to mitigate the risk of a midterm blue wave that might stymie the final years of his second term in office. Trump leaned on the Republican-controlled state to create new GOP House districts, leading to a weeks-long standoff between state-level Democrats and Republicans.

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