A Democratic Senator has issued a stern warning, stating that if the Republican party proceeds with an aggressive 'nuclear' strategy regarding redistricting in Texas, she is prepared to retaliate with similar 'nuclear' tactics in other legislative areas.

Districts in Houston, Austin, Dallas and South Texas could be part of the push to create up to five new Republican seats in Congress.

President Donald Trump is advocating for redrawing congressional districts in Texas, a move that has sparked debate among Democrats and Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Gov. Greg Abbott was initially resistant to the plan pushed by President Donald Trump’s political team to pick up new GOP seats through a rare mid-decade redistricting.

Texas Republicans launched a high-risk, high-reward redrawing of the state's 38 congressional districts, a move championed by President Donald Trump to protect the party's narrow House majority in next year's midterm elections.

The Texas GOP knows the risk. In the 2010s, the Republican-controlled Legislature drew political lines that helped pad the GOP’s House majority. That lasted until 2018, when a backlash against Trump in his first term led Democrats to flip two seats in Texas that Republicans had thought safe.