Federal Court Blocks Texas’s New House Map Favoring Republicans

A panel of judges ruled that the maps were substantially ‘racially gerrymandered.’

The Texas State Capitol is seen during a Texas Senate flooding committee hearing at the State Capitol on August 08, 2025 in Austin, Texas. The Texas Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding gathered to discuss the state's course of actions and future plans in response to the July 4 flash flooding in Central and West Texas. Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images

A panel of federal judges in Texas has ruled that the state cannot use newly redrawn House maps aimed at securing additional seats for Republicans.

“The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics. To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 Map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map,” wrote U.S. District Judge Jeffrey V. Brown in the 2-1 ruling.