The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for Texas to use its new
congressional map in the upcoming 2026 midterms, granting a major victory to President
Donald Trump and GOP leaders who have pushed a nationwide strategy
of mid-decade redistricting to shore up Republican control of the House.
The unsigned order blocks a lower federal court ruling that found the map likely unconstitutional on
racial-gerrymandering grounds and said the boundaries could not be used.
The ruling, which arrived just days before Texas’s December 8 candidate filing deadline,
means the state can proceed with a map expected to flip as many as five
Democratic-held seats into the Republican column. With Republicans currently clinging to a narrow majority, those pickups could determine the balance of power for the final two years of Trump’s presidency.
