US Supreme Court allows Texas to use redrawn voting maps in midterms

The Supreme Court has allowed Texas to implement a new congressional map that could add up to five Republican seats in the 2026 midterm elections, reversing a lower court's finding of racial gerrymandering. The 6-3 decision, with conservative justices in the majority, determined that the lower court made serious errors by interfering with an active primary campaign and disrupting federal-state election balance. The redistricting battle began when Texas Republicans passed new maps mid-decade, prompting Democratic lawmakers to flee the state and triggering similar redistricting efforts in California, Indiana, Utah, and North Carolina.