On July 9, 2025, the
Texas state government announced that during a planned special session on July 21 of this year, it would tackle
mid-decade redistricting. This had been pushed privately by the
White House to help Republicans keep control of the House in 2026, and critics have labeled it a
gerrymander. On August 20, 2025, the
Texas House passed congressional maps that would target five Democratic-held seats. The vote was 88–52, a party-line vote. The new map changes the territory of Democratic representatives
Marc Veasey,
Vicente Gonzalez,
Lloyd Doggett,
Julie Johnson, and
Al Green. On August 23, 2025, the Texas Senate passed the map with a vote 18–8. Governor
Greg Abbott has signed the map into law, and therefore will be the active map used in the 2026 House elections in Texas. On November 18, 2025, a federal court blocked Texas from using its newly drawn congressional map in next year's midterms, ruling that the map is likely an unconstitutional "racial gerrymander". Three days later on November 21,
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito granted the request by the state to pause the court's ruling that reverts the election back to using the maps drawn in 2021 until the full
Supreme Court of the United States could make a decision. On December 4, the Supreme Court ruled that Texas can use the new map in the 2026 midterm elections, striking down the lower court's ruling. on August 29, 2025 ==Retirements==