Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Friday signed legislation redrawing U.S. House district maps approved by the Republican-controlled legislature last week, a rare mid-decade redistricting plan that is expected to hand as many as five seats in Congress to the GOP.
The map, which alters the lines of 37 of the state’s 38 districts, adds enough Republican voters to five U.S. House districts to give Republicans a chance to add to their narrow majority in Washington. The GOP currently controls 25 of Texas’s 38 U.S. House districts under a map approved in 2021.
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