LUBBOCK, Texas — As one election cycle ends, another one begins. This time, it's primary season. In March 2026, Texans will head back to the polls to cast their votes in either the Democratic or Republican party primaries to choose their party's ...

Texas came to the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the justices to clear the way for it to use a new congressional map intended to increase the chances that Republicans […]

The decision temporarily protects a map that delivers five additional winnable U.S. House seats to the GOP while the justices consider a more permanent ruling.

Lower court’s order is temporarily blocked during a challenge to the decision finding the Republican-led redistricting was an unlawful racial gerrymander.

Texas urged the Supreme Court on Friday to boost President Donald Trump’s effort to help Republicans maintain control of Congress, asking the justices to review a federal court ruling that found the state’s new map is likely an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

The U.S. Supreme Court will now make a final decision on whether Texas can use its new congressional map, which was drawn this summer to benefit Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections. The outcome could have a huge impact on which party controls the U.

Republicans hope the U.S. Supreme Court will overrule a three-judge panel and bring the new map back into play, but the deadline for candidates to file is less than three weeks away, Dec. 8.

A federal court dealt a major blow on Tuesday to Republicans’ hopes of picking up five new GOP seats in Congress next year in Texas, ruling that the party’s redraw was unconstitutional. But the decision was far from the last word on the case.