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Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026

The Supreme Court is allowing the challenged Texas congressional redistricting plan to be used in next year’s election, despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the basis of ... Read More

Who has filed in the Texas 2026 March primaries? See the list

As the filing period for the 2026 Republican and Democratic primaries in Texas is nearly over, see who's filed so far for federal and statewide offices. Read More

Court order on Texas redistricting forces election officials, county parties to scramble — again

Texas officials preparing for elections under new congressional maps must quickly reverse course because of a federal court order blocking the use of the maps. Read More

Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional map for 2026 elections

Washington — A federal court on Tuesday blocked Texas from using its newly redrawn congressional map in the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, a setback for Republicans as they work to maintain their ... Read More

How Jasmine Crockett’s potential Senate bid shakes up Texas’ 2026 midterm elections

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s expected entry into the Texas Democratic Senate primary has reshaped 2026’s marquee contest and further thrust the Lone Star State into the national spotlight. Crockett, a ... Read More

Texas’ gerrymandered congressional maps are blocked. What happens now?

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here. This story was first published byThe ... Read More

Supreme Court lets Texas keep new congressional map while legal battle continues

The ruling is a major win for the Trump administration and Texas Republicans, who engineered the map to give the GOP control of 30 of the state’s 38 congressional districts. Read More

Texas Republicans in some counties are pushing to count ballots by hand in next year's primary

Republicans in at least a half-dozen counties in Texas are considering or have made plans to count ballots by hand in next March's primary elections, a move that's financially costly and could inject ... Read More

Two Democrats advance to a special election runoff for a deep-blue Texas House seat

Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards advanced to a runoff in a special congressional election in Texas, NBC News projects, as a crowded field vied to fill the late Rep. Sylvester Turner’s ... Read More

Voters in Texas’ 18th District waited months for an election. They’ll soon have two more.

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here. Voters in Texas’ 18th Congressional ... Read More