Texas State House Democrats are reacting to the U.S. Supreme Court's approval of the state's 2025 redrawn congressional map, championed by state Republicans.
The ruling, handed down Monday morning, April 27, with Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting, concluded that Texas state lawmakers' efforts to get the map approved after President Trump asked the legislature to flip five U.S. House seats for Republicans.
Texas GOP state lawmakers began efforts in 2025 to redraw the map, but state House Democrats fled to thwart the process. However, the map was ultimately passed and signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott.
Soon after it passed, the League of United Latin American Citizens filed suit against the redrawn map, with the lower court ruling in their favor. However, in December 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that the lower court's action was improper because it came too close to the 2026 elections.
This allowed the state to use the map while the justices deliberated on the issue. Monday's ruling cemented its use.
