A three-judge panel ruled that Texas cannot use its new redistricting maps that activists claimed were targeting minorities , court documents show.

The judges issued a "preliminary enjoins" order preventing the new maps from going into effect for the 2026 midterm elections. State officials will be required to use the previous maps used in the 2021 elections.

This injunction is issued early in a lawsuit to maintain the status quo and prevent irreparable harm while the case proceeds toward a final judgment.

"The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics. To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 map," the ruling states.

The judges were un

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