redistricting

The high court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais seriously weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and will likely result in further partisan redistricting in southern states, such as Texas.

The court issued a decision Monday morning allowing Texas to use the controversial congressional maps that were drawn last summer. The order reverses a lower court ruling that could have led to the maps being thrown out.

Tarrant County commissioners Tuesday approved more than $135,000 in funding for legal counsel in two different lawsuits.

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.

Tarrant County Precinct 2 Commissioner Alisa Simmons has butted heads with County Judge Tim O'Hare frequently. She announced Saturday she wants to run against him.

An approaching primary election was a factor in Thursday’s Supreme Court decision to set aside a lower court’s ruling that had blocked the Republican-backed map from taking effect. A key question moving forward is whether the lines were redrawn based on race or partisan politics.

The state's top Republicans swiftly praised the Supreme Court's decision to allow Texas to use its controversial congressional map for the 2026 midterms. The map was designed to give Republicans as many as five new seats in the U.S. House.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Texas congressional map that may help the GOP win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterms. A lower court found the map is likely unconstitutional.

Tarrant County's Republican commissioners redrew the precinct map in their own favor this year, leading to two lawsuits accusing them of racial gerrymandering.

A group of Tarrant County residents have withdrawn a lawsuit accusing the county of packing Black and brown residents into a single precinct to dilute their voting power.

The administrative ruling is a first step before the court decides whether to pause the use of the 2025 map, drawn to increase GOP seats in the U.S. House, for the rest of the legal battle.

The U.S. Supreme Court will now make a final decision on whether Texas can use its new congressional map, which was drawn this summer to benefit Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections. The outcome could have a huge impact on which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives in the future.