Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) on Friday gave final approval to legislation that redrew Texas’s political maps, offering Republicans a chance to gain five more House seats ahead of the 2026 elections.
The redistricting plans favoring the GOP sparked outrage from state Democrats, who fled the state for weeks earlier this summer to stall the effort from moving forward in the Republican-dominated legislature.
Despite the largely symbolic opposition, the legislation made it through both chambers, with Abbott announcing over the weekend that he had signed the “One Big Beautiful Map into law.” The map drawn up under House Bill 4 “ensures fairer representation in Congress,” the governor said, writing in a post to social media that it would make Texas “more red” in Congress.
The developments in Texas are a bright
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