Aug 26 Judge rules Utah’s legislature must redraw state’s congressional map for 2026 elections By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press District Court Judge Dianna Gibson, who ruled Monday, made few judgments on the content of the map but declared it unlawful because lawmakers had weakened and ignored an independent commission established by voters to prevent partisan gerrymandering. Continue reading
Aug 23 Texas Senate passes redrawn congressional map favoring GOP, sends to governor By Jim Vertuno, Joey Cappelletti, Hallie Golden, Associated Press President Donald Trump has pushed for the map to help the GOP maintain its slim majority in Congress in the 2026 midterm elections. It has five new districts that would favor Republicans. Continue reading
Aug 21 WATCH: Texas Senate considers redistricting measure that will likely add five GOP seats By David A. Lieb, Associated Press, Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/ Report for America Texas Republicans passed a map creating five new winnable seats for the GOP in that state's House of Representatives on Wednesday. Continue reading
Aug 21 California set to pass a new congressional map after Texas’ move to boost Republicans By Jim Vertuno, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press California Gov. Gavin Newsom has engineered the high-risk strategy in response to President Donald Trump's own brinkmanship. Continue reading
Aug 20 WATCH: Texas House GOP approves new congressional maps, sending to state Senate By Jim Vertuno, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Texas Republicans on Wednesday took the first step toward approving new congressional maps that would give their party as many as five new seats in the House of Representatives, spurring what’s likely to be a national battle over redistricting. Continue reading
Aug 19 A Texas Democratic state lawmaker stayed overnight in the Legislature to protest required surveillance By Bill Barrow, Trân Nguyễn, Fernanda Figueroa, John Hanna, Associated Press Her overnight stay stemmed from Republicans in the Texas House requiring returning Democrats to sign what the Democrats called "permission slips," agreeing to around-the-clock surveillance by state Department of Public Safety officers to leave the floor. Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch 5:58 How partisan redistricting battles could decide the next Congress By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura Texas lawmakers are back in session after Democrats returned to the state after leaving to block partisan redistricting. Democrats came back because California is planning its own partisan map to counteract GOP gains in Texas. To discuss how the map… Continue watching
Aug 18 WATCH: Texas Democrats end walkout over redistricting, return to Texas Capitol By Bill Barrow, Fernanda Figueroa, Associated Press Cheering supporters greeted returning lawmakers inside the Capitol before the House convened for a brief session. Continue reading
Aug 18 Texas Democrats end redistricting walkout after California Democrats move forward with plans to redraw their map By Associated Press Democratic leaders say they will return for a second special legislative session after seeing California Democratic leaders proceed with plans to redraw their own U.S. House maps to neutralize Republican gains in Texas. Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch 6:15 ‘Stop the insanity’: Texas Democrat urges GOP to end redistricting battle By Geoff Bennett, Kyle Midura Gov. Gavin Newsom threw down the gauntlet Thursday, saying California will move forward to redraw congressional maps in his party's favor if Texas Republicans do the same. Texas Democrats have blocked the plan by walking out on a special session,… Continue watching