November 21, 2025 / 6:56 PM EST / CBS News Texas asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to halt a lower court order that threw out the state’s redrawn congressional maps in time for next month’s candidate filing deadline — arguing the new maps were driven by politics, not race. Lawyers for Texas asked…
One day after a Trump-appointed federal judge helped toss out Texas’ redistricting effort, a Reagan-appointed judge penned a heated and invective-filled dissent accusing his fellow jurist of “cherry-picking of the highest order.” A three-judge panel ruled 2-1 on Tuesday that Texas must set aside the new congressional maps that it drew earlier this year, with…
CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPROVED new congressional district boundaries Tuesday, delivering a victory for Democrats in the state-by-state redistricting battle that will help determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in 2026 and, with it, the power to thwart or advance President Donald Trump’s agenda. The approval of Proposition 50 gives Democrats a shot at…
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has become one of President Trump’s most high-profile adversaries, told “CBS News Sunday Morning” in an exclusive interview that he will consider whether to run for president after the 2026 midterm elections. In an interview taped Thursday in San Jose, Newsom was asked whether he would give “serious thought”…
North Carolina is the latest Republican-led state to reshape a congressional district in hopes of boosting the GOP’s chances of keeping the House in next year’s midterms. The North Carolina House on Wednesday passed a new congressional map that shifts the state’s major battleground Democratic-held House district and makes it more favorable to conservatives, following…
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Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe said Friday that he is calling Missouri lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts as part of a growing national battle between Republicans and Democrats seeking an edge in next year’s congressional elections. Kehoe made the announcement just hours after Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott signed…
House Democrats convened a virtual call Wednesday amid an escalating national redistricting controversy that could have widespread implications on next year’s midterm elections. The call, hosted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, featured former Attorney General Eric Holder, chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York was…
Latest details on Texas redistricting battle Trump threatens to involve FBI in Texas redistricting battle 03:26 FBI Director Kash Patel has agreed to aid the search for the Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to protest new congressional maps, Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday. Texas Republicans have been trying to bring the Democrats back…
Washington — The fight for control of the House in the 2026 midterm elections is underway — long before a single ballot is cast next year. Texas is fighting to enact a GOP-led redistricting effort that would give Republicans five more seats in the state and help them hold their narrow majority in the U.S….