Either way, the fundamentally balanced House map is the backdrop to the new Texas map. While a few more Republican seats will certainly help the G.O.P., it will take more to give Republicans a major structural advantage in the fight for the House.

Different from everyone else, I’m telling you, I’m not beating around the bush,” Rep. Todd Hunter, the Corpus Christi Republican carrying the bill, said about the goal of the map. “We have five new districts,

Texas Republicans are moving forward with an effort to redraw the state’s congressional map to be more favorable for the GOP, prompting states around the country to consider whether they too should revisit their district lines ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

Republicans are pursuing every possible advantage, essentially trying to win elections long before people vote. In response, even some once-squeamish Democrats are talking about fighting ‘fire with fire.

When the Republican-controlled Texas legislature, at Donald Trump’s urging, first pushed through a plan to do a highly unusual

After Texas Republicans this week released a new congressional map proposal to help the GOP pick up five additional seats in next year’s midterm elections, California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to give President Donald Trump the taste of his own medicine.