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Republicans pushing gerrymandering? Time for Washington to join | Opinion
Tacoma News Tribune
Republicans are redistricting Texas, Missouri, South Carolina to eliminate Democrats. Washingtonians can respond in kind. | Opinion
Dec 28, 2025, 1:00 PM
Dan Crenshaw is one of the most famous members of Congress. Now he faces his toughest primary yet.
James Osborne, Houston Chronicle
Redistricting has made Dan Crenshaw's district more conservative and teed up competitive challengers in the March 2026 primary.
Dec 15, 2025, 5:07 PM
As gerrymandering battles sweep country, supporters say partisan dominance is 'fair'
DAVID A. LIEB, Yahoo Entertainment
When Indiana adopted new U.S. House districts four years ago, Republican legislative leaders lauded them as “fair maps” that reflected the state's...
Dec 14, 2025, 1:10 PM
More redistricting bad news for Republicans: Texas may not net five GOP seats like they planned
Edward Wu, Molly English, CNN, CNN
The Republican plans to pick off five Democratic-held congressional seats in Texas once seemed like a sure thing. Not anymore.
Dec 14, 2025, 12:00 PM
WATCH: Indiana lawmakers reject redistricting plan despite Trump pressure
ABC News
Indiana state lawmakers rejected a bill that would give the state a new Republican-friendly congressional map.
Dec 12, 2025, 6:39 PM
How Indiana's redistricting rejection affects Trump's push nationwide
Kayla Dwyer, Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star
Indiana's rejection of President Donald Trump's redistricting push makes the math more tenuous for ensuring a Republican majority in Congress.
Dec 12, 2025, 11:05 AM
Trump threatens to primary Indiana Republicans ahead of key redistricting vote
Aaron Pellish, Politico
The Indiana Senate will vote on a new map on Thursday that could create two new GOP-leaning House seats.
Dec 11, 2025, 3:30 AM
After Texas ruling, Trump and Republicans head to 2026 with a redistricting edge
Larry Kaplow, NPR
Trump has prompted a redistricting race as he tries to maintain Republican control of the House in the 2026 elections. Democrats have fewer options to counter, as the battle heads into next year.
Dec 8, 2025, 11:00 AM
Virginia Democrats Prepare To Go Nuclear With 10-1 Map
Ed Scarce, Crooksandliars.com
A much more aggressive approach than many had expected, if it comes to pass. But that was before the Supreme Court decided to go rogue and just ignore the law by putting their thumbs on the scale for Texas. Source: The Independent The Virginia House Speaker …
Dec 7, 2025, 6:00 PM
Redistricting bill passes Indiana House but will face opposition in Senate — from some Republicans
Carlos Garcia, TheBlaze
The Indiana House of Representatives passed a controversial bill that would redistrict the state and possibly flip two seats to the Republican column in the midterm elections.Fifty-seven members voted for the bill, while 41 voted against it. The bill will go …
Dec 6, 2025, 12:05 AM
US Supreme Court allows Texas to use redrawn district map for 2026 midterms
Allison Griner, Al Jazeera English
The new Texas map, backed by Donald Trump, has sparked similar efforts for partisan redistricting across the US.
Dec 5, 2025, 1:43 AM
Missouri's redistricting drama renews focus on direct democracy … and 'Air Bud'
Jason Rosenbaum, NPR
The road to redistricting in Missouri has been wild and winding, but its tie to a 1997 kids' movie starring a basketball-playing golden retriever might be the most unexpected development of all.
Dec 3, 2025, 10:00 AM
Indiana lawmakers in state House to convene session with redistricting top of mind
ISABELLA VOLMERT, Yahoo Entertainment
Indiana House members are expected to push forward Monday with redrawing the state’s congressional districts in Republicans’ favor, increasing pressure on...
Dec 1, 2025, 5:04 AM
Welcome to the Gerrymandering Apocalypse
Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic
America is quickly moving toward a system in which tens of millions of blue-state Republicans and red-state Democrats effectively have no congressional representation at all.
Nov 25, 2025, 12:00 PM
How Greg Abbott’s comments backfired in court to doom Texas gerrymander
Eleanor Klibanoff, Salon
Judge Jeffrey Brown pointed to comments from the governor and GOP legislators as the basis for his ruling that the new map can’t be used in 2026.
Nov 22, 2025, 11:00 AM
Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased
The Associated Press, NPR
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.
Nov 22, 2025, 1:51 AM
Alito pauses lower court ruling that would have blocked Texas redistricting
Devin Dwyer, ABC News
The state's emergency application comes after a lower court said "substantial evidence" indicated Texas' new map was an illegal racial gerrymander.
Nov 22, 2025, 1:32 AM
Texas GOP Had A Legal Path To Gerrymander. Trump’s DOJ Ordered Them To Take The Blatantly Illegal Path Instead
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Let’s say, hypothetically, you want to gerrymander some congressional districts to help your party win more seats. Here are a couple of options: Which do you choose? If you said “obviously option 1,” congratulations, you understand the law better than the Tru…
Nov 19, 2025, 6:50 PM
Texas appeals ruling that Trump-urged voting map is racial gerrymandering
Blaise Gainey, NPR
A federal court in El Paso ruled that the redistricting backed by Trump and Republicans to reshape the map for the 2026 midterms illegally weakened the voting power of minorities.
Nov 19, 2025, 12:55 AM
'Played with fire, got burned': GOP control of House at risk after court blocks Texas map
Michael Wilner, Yahoo Entertainment
A federal court has blocked Texas from moving forward with a new congressional map hastily drawn in recent months to net Republicans up to five additional...
Nov 18, 2025, 9:46 PM
Trump’s Justice Department may have accidentally handed Democrats five House seats
Ian Millhiser, Vox
In a decision that could potentially reshape the 2026 midterm elections and cement the Democratic Party’s future control of the US House, a federal court just struck down the gerrymandered Texas maps that President Donald Trump pressured that state to enact. …
Nov 18, 2025, 8:55 PM
Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms
JOHN HANNA, Yahoo Entertainment
Texas cannot use a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional U.S. House seats, a panel of three federal judges...
Nov 18, 2025, 6:15 PM
Gerrymandering looks like a worse and worse bet for GOP
Chris Stirewalt, The Hill
It is certainly still too soon to say what the effects of a spasm of mid-decade gerrymandering will be on the results of the 2026 midterms, but one thing we ...
Nov 18, 2025, 11:00 AM
Trump’s redistricting campaign isn’t going well
Cameron Peters, Vox
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump’s campaign to redistrict his wa…
Nov 14, 2025, 11:00 PM