Texas Scorecard Sydnie Henry December 4, 2025
The map creates five new GOP-opportunity districts. Late Thursday afternoon, U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency stay allowing Texas’ new Republican-drawn “Big Beautiful Map” of congressional districts to remain in place for the 2026 elections while litigation continues.
The new map, drawn by lawmakers in special sessions this summer, took five Democrat districts and turned them into GOP-opportunity seats.
A three-judge federal panel had previously enjoined the map after lawsuits from left-wing groups sought to block its use and force a return to previous boundary lines. Paxton appealed that ruling, arguing the injunction would disrupt Texas’ election calendar and interfere with the state’s constitutional authority to draw its own districts.
By granting Paxton’s request in a 6-3 decision, the high court has paused the lower court’s order and cleared the way for Texas to conduct upcoming congressional races under the map passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Greg Abbott this year.
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