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Politics
Brian Osgood

What’s the Texas redistricting fight about, and how has California reacted?

Texas State Representative Marc LaHood looks over a map of congressional districts during a special legislative session in Texas on August 20 [Eric Gay/AP Photo]

President Donald Trump and his allies have kicked off a redistricting fight in the United States as the country’s two main political parties angle for advantage in the 2026 midterm elections.

In an effort to maintain control of Congress, Republican leaders in the right-wing stronghold of Texas have pushed to redraw the state’s congressional districts in a way that would net the party as many as five additional seats in the US House of Representatives.

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