A federal district court ruled that Texas’ mid-decade redistricting enacted in August is an illegal racial gerrymander and ordered the state to use its 2021 maps for the 2026 election. The decision is a massive blow to President Donald Trump’s effort to pressure GOP states to gerrymander House districts to cushion Republicans ahead of the midterms. The map adopted by the Texas legislature in August would have shifted five seats currently held by Democrats into the GOP column. Now, it is all up

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