Texas Senate passes new Republican-drawn congressional map

Friday evening, the Senate of the State of Texas controlled by the Republicans adopted the new cards of the Party Party, by finishing a legislative odyssey which included significant democratic delays and triggered a national wheelbarrow on redistribution in the process.

The vote means that the cards, which were designed to fill in the Republican majority at the US Congress, come into force when it is signed by Governor Greg Abbott, a supporter of the plan who was encouraged by President Donald Trump.

Trump initially led Texas calls to redraw his Congress card, saying that his party was “entitled to” five other seats in the State Congress. This is what cards intend to do: by restarting the limits of the Congress district in key cities as well as along the state border, Texas will have 30 congresses districts that Trump worn last fall by a two -digit margin.

The GOP currently controls 25 of the 38 districts of the State Congress.

The Republicans were categorical and frank, from the start of the process that their exercise was political aimed only at increasing the power of their party in Washington, where the house is almost uniformly balanced. Democrats need a net gain of only three seats in the 2026 elections to take the majority.

The Democrats accused the Republicans of having created a dangerous precedent by not waiting until 2031 to redraw the lines, as it is customary, and they declared that the new cards would harm the representation of minorities in the State, an accusation of disappointed Republican colleagues.

Unlike the State House, where Business finished earlier this month, when dozens of democrats fled the state to refuse the quorum the quorum to move forward with legislation, forcing Abbott to call another special session, the Senate was not blocked by these efforts.

With Abbott ready to sign the new law cards, the spotlights move to California, where democratic legislators have their own proposal to redraw the borders of their state congress as a political compensation for the Texas decision. Unlike Texas, where regular legislation is sufficient to change the cards, the proposal of the Democrats of California must also be approved by voters during a special election this fall in order to take effect.