{"id":52604,"date":"2025-11-19T17:02:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=52604"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:43:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:43:16","slug":"we-told-you-so-texas-map-is-struck-down-as-racial-gerrymander","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articles\/we-told-you-so-texas-map-is-struck-down-as-racial-gerrymander\/","title":{"rendered":"We told you so! Texas\u2019 Map is Struck Down as Racial Gerrymander"},"template":"","class_list":["post-52604","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"In a victory for fair representation, Texas\u2019 mid-decade racial gerrymander of its congressional map has been struck down","featured_image":"","article_type":1103,"authors":"","related_issues":[2066],"related_work":[2091],"location":90},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a victory for fair representation, Texas\u2019 mid-decade racial gerrymander of its congressional map has been struck down. In a court ruling on Tuesday, a panel of federal judges ordered Texas to use the map passed in 2021 for the 2026 midterms instead of the map passed this summer.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">This past summer, Governor Greg Abbot<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">began an unprecedented mid-decade redistricting of the state\u2019s congressional seats under the direction of President Donald Trump. Abbott and the Texas legislature followed the advice of Trump\u2019s Department of Justice to racially gerrymander the Texas map. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Common Cause quickly denounced this effort as a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/prensa\/california-meets-texas-fails-to-meet-common-causes-redistricting-fairness-criteria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">short-sighted power grab<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, citing that the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/texas\/trabajar\/texas-redistricting-stop-abbott-trumps-power-grab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">struck-down map<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0targeted minority communities in major Texas cities, dividing and diluting Black and Latino neighborhoods to weaken their voting power\u00a0in the pursuit of\u00a0five more Republican seats.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The court agreed\u00a0the map was an illegal racial gerrymander<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. In U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/redistricting.capitol.texas.gov\/docs\/2020\/2025_11_18_1437_Order_Injunction_C2333.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">opinion<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0he\u00a0wrote: \u201cSubstantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Told\u00a0ya\u00a0so, Texas legislators!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">This ruling stops the dismantling of districts that empowered voters of color in Texas and strikes a major blow against Trump\u2019s efforts to rig the 2026 midterms. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articulos-2\/trumps-redistricting-gamble-new-maps-a-partisan-washout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">That effort was already a risky gamble, before the Texas maps were struck down.<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The court decision has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, who will decide whether to take on the case.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We told you so! 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