US President Donald Trump praised a newly passed Texas electoral map as a “tremendous opportunity” to help his Republican ...

Texas is redrawing its congressional map mid-decade, not out of opportunism, but as a clear response to political imbalance ...

But a gerrymandering arms race may now be virtually impossible to stop.

Under the newly drawn maps, Republicans are likely to increase the number of seats in Texas from 25 to 30, while Democrats will see their number of seats drop from 13 to eight.

Once Gov. Abbott signs the new maps into law, Democrats have said they will file a lawsuit against the state with the goal ...