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BREAKING: Texas House PASSES New Congressional Map

By Kaley | Aug 20, 2025

In a major win, the Texas House has just approved the new Congressional map, which is expected to add five more Republican seats!

This comes after Democrats stalled for weeks by staging a walkout and fleeing the state to prevent House Republicans from holding a vote.

In the end, Democrats achieved nothing except humiliating themselves.

Check out the breaking news:

Technically, the battle isn’t over quite yet.

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Now, there will be one last procedural vote in the House, which is expected to pass this evening.

In fact, that vote will be happening here very shortly:

Then, it will go to the Senate for final approval before heading to Gov. Abbott’s desk.

From The Houston Chronicle:

The Texas House approved a new congressional map Wednesday that stands to boost Republicans’ power in Congress, overcoming weeks of protests from House Democrats who fled the state to stall a vote on the mid-cycle redistricting.

It passed the chamber by 88-52 vote, and needed one more procedural vote before being sent to the Senate for consideration.

The Republican-led Senate already passed the congressional map last week, so it is expected to pass again this week.

The New York Times reported that the Senate will vote on Thursday:

The vote, 88-52, fell along party lines and came after seven hours of at-times tense debate. It was the first of two tallies needed for the House to adopt the new map, with the final passage expected to follow by evening. The State Senate is expected to vote on the map on Thursday, then send it by the end of the week to Gov. Greg Abbott for his promised signature.

Originally, the new congressional map would have likely added 10 new Republican seats.

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But, over the course of discussions, it was cut in half.

Still, this is a big win for Texas and the Republican party ahead of midterms.

Another casualty of the new congressional map is foul-mouthed Democrat darling Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s district…

RIP.

 

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