Texas’s 2025 mid-decade redraw—which carved out five new GOP-leaning seats at President Donald Trump’s request—set off a nationwide redistricting arms race.
The fight matters because control of the US House—which Republicans hold by a razor-thin margin—could be decided not by voters shifting their preferences, but by lines drawn before a single ballot is cast in November.
Texas Rep. Charlene Ward Johnson (D-139) says Texas can’t fight this redistricting battle alone because the South is being reshaped district by district. She points to states like Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, and North Carolina, all locked in court fights over maps that weaken political power for people of color.
She says standing together matters because these states are watching their historic districts split, their communities diluted, and their longtime representatives forced into the same seats.
