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Rep. Christian Manuel looks over the US Congressional Map during the Congressional Redistricting committee meeting at the Texas Capitol on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Patricia Lim\/KUT News (Patricia Lim | KUT News)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tRep. Christian Manuel looks over the US Congressional Map during the Congressional Redistricting committee meeting at the Texas Capitol on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Patricia Lim\/KUT News (Patricia Lim | KUT News)<\/p>\n
When Gov. Greg Abbott approved the state\u2019s new congressional map last August, the idea was that it would help Republicans pick up five additional seats in Congress. In November, a district court threw out the map<\/a> over allegations of racial gerrymandering.<\/p>\n The case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and on Monday the justices issued their decision, reversing the district court\u2019s ruling<\/a> and allowing the maps to be used until at least 2030. (Congressional maps are typically redrawn with new census data, and the next batch will drop in 2030.)<\/p>\n \u201cThe Supreme Court did not protect the Constitution today,\u201d Rep. Gene Wu, the state House Minority Leader, said in a statement Monday. \u201cIt protected Greg Abbott\u2019s racist map and gave Donald Trump exactly what he demanded from Texas Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n Abbott responded to Wu\u2019s statement on X: \u201cCry harder.\u201d<\/p>\n The backstory<\/p>\n Last year the state legislature opted to redistrict outside of a census year, an unusual idea that came from President Donald Trump<\/a> over fears that Republicans would lose the U.S. House in 2026<\/p>\n Thousands of people protested<\/a> on the Texas State Capitol lawn, even joining legislative hearings to let the state know they did not want the maps redrawn. State Republicans moved forward with the redraw, and Democrats responded by breaking quorum<\/a> in an attempt to delay the map\u2019s passage.<\/p>\n