Texas Republicans passed a new state congressional map intended to flip five Democratic-held U.S. House seats up for grabs in the 2026 elections after dozens of Democratic lawmakers ended a two-week walkout , temporarily delaying the bill's passage.

In an 88-52 vote on Aug. 20, Republican legislators, who have dominated Texas politics for more than two decades, undertook a rare mid-decade redistricting to help President Donald Trump improve their party's odds of holding a narrow U.S. House of Representatives majority amid political turmoil.

If the map under consideration had been in effect in 2024, Trump would have won 28 or 29 of the state's 38 districts, instead of the current 25, according to Texas Policy Research , a right-leaning organization that provides reports on the state

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