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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for a July 21 special session of the state Legislature to discuss efforts to redraw the state's congressional map to make it more competitive for the GOP.

The Republican governor issued a <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/PROC_first_called_session_89th_legislature_IMAGE_07-09-25.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">proclamation</a> on July 9, directing the Legislature convene in Austin for a special session beginning at 12 p.m. on July 21.

The special session, which can last a maximum of 30 days, will consider several pieces of legislation, including efforts to improve the state's early warning systems and other preparedness infrastructure for flood-prone areas. It will also consider a "revised congressional redistricting plan in light of constitutional concerns raised by the U.S. Department of Justice."

The flood warning system discussion will occur about two weeks after flash floods killed more than 100 people in Central Texas. Several months' worth of rain fell within several hours, causing the Guadalupe River to swell by 27 feet.

Abbott's reference to "constitutional concerns" by the Justice Department refers to allegations the agency <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/texas-republicans-eye-picking-up-5-seats-in-redistricting-effort-5888406" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">made</a> that Texas's Ninth, 18th, 29th, and 33rd congressional districts are unconstitutional "coalition districts" that violate the Voting Rights Act and 14th Amendment.

Coalition districts are places where combined minority groups make up a single majority of the population and where those groups vote together to elect a "minority-preferred candidate."

Three of the seats cited in the Justice Department's letter are held by Democratic Reps. Al Green (Ninth), Marc Veasey (18th), and Sylvia Garcia (29th). The 33rd district was left open after Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas) died.

Four days before the governor's summons, Texas Republicans had passed a list of resolutions outlining their key priorities, including "redistricting to support the Republican majority in Congress at the next midterm election."

With a narrow 220–212 majority in the 435-seat House of Representatives, Republicans are looking for any opportunity they can to retain control of the Congress's lower chamber next year.

Midterm House elections often see the incumbent president's party lose seats, and President Donald Trump has said that redistricting Texas could bolster the GOP's slim majority.

He told reporters at the White House that Republicans could pick up five seats from redistricting the Lone Star State and potentially "three or four or five" if other states follow suit. Trump did not say which states could be next.

Since redistricting is generally conducted every 10 years after the U.S. Census, Texas's current map, completed in 2021, was slated to remain in effect until 2031.

This wouldn't be the first time Texas Republicans have tried a similar redistricting effort mid-cycle. In 2003, roughly 50 Democrats left for Oklahoma to deny the session a quorum, effectively halting it. However, the walkout only delayed the GOP, which was finally able to redistrict during the session.
<h2>Democrats Suggest Doing Same</h2>
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said he spoke to state lawmakers about holding a similar special session in the Golden State to redraw its districts.

"If we're gonna play fair in a world that is wholly unfair, we may have the higher moral ground, but the ground is shifting from underneath us. And I think we have to wake up to that reality," Newsom <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Toyclx3aJFg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">told</a> the "Pod Save America" podcast.

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) said that if Democrats don't step up and "do the same" thing as Abbott, it "would be unilateral disarmament."

John Bisognano, president of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, said in a <a href="https://democraticredistricting.com/ndrc-condemns-texas-republicans-push-to-steal-2026-midterm-elections/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">statement</a> that the efforts by Trump and Abbott to redistrict Texas mid-cycle amount to gerrymandering to "secure unearned power ahead of the 2026 midterm elections."

When one political party redistricts its state congressional map to purposefully give itself an edge against another party, the tactic is referred to as "gerrymandering."

Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D-Texas), who won his most recent election by slightly more than 5,000 votes and could be vulnerable to redistricting efforts, told The Associated Press that he isn't worried by Abbott's efforts.

While some of his Democratic voters may be taken out of his district, they may end up in Republican-led districts adjacent to his current one, which could make those districts more competitive than they are now.

"Get ready for some pickup opportunities," Gonzalez said.

He also said that Democrats are already speaking with potential challengers to Republicans whose districts may be destabilized by the redistricting.

<em>Michael Clements and The Associated Press contributed to this report.</em>

<em>From <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/texas-gop-set-to-redraw-states-congressional-map-during-special-session-5890015">The Epoch Times</a></em>

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