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HISTORICAL FACTS: Texas republicans gerrymander backfires | History Defined

Donald Trump Republican Texas U.S. Senate U.S. House Monica De La Cruz Democratic Party Alex Mealer Brandon Herrera Colin Allred

In 2025, Texas Republicans, pushed by President Donald Trump, redrew the state’s congressional map before the midterms, converting five Democratic-held districts into ones Trump would have carried by at least 10 percentage points.

The move backfired: GOP candidates lost four of five seats their new congressional map was designed to flip and lost two of their own.

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