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BySara Dorn,
Forbes Staff.
A three-judge panel blocked Texas on Tuesday from implementing a new congressional map that would likely give Republicans five additional seats in the House—a major setback in the party’s push to gerrymander as many seats as possible ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
The panel ruled 2-1 in favor of civil rights groups representing minority voters, writing “substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map” by dismantling districts where minority voters outnumber non-Hispanic white voters.
