U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s expected entry into the Texas Democratic Senate primary has reshaped 2026’s marquee contest and further thrust the Lone Star State into the national spotlight. Crockett, a Dallas Democrat who in 2022 replaced the late Eddie Bernice Johnson in Congress,

Lawmakers are trying to plan for the 2026 midterms while waiting on the U.S. Supreme Court decision on redrawn electoral maps.

The effort to preserve a slim Republican majority in the House in 2026 touched off a nationwide redistricting battle.

The opinion, handed down Thursday evening, may allow the GOP to pick up five more seats in the upcoming election, strengthening a small majority in the House.

The Supreme Court allowed Texas to move forward with using redrawn congressional maps for next year's midterm elections.

The U.S. Supreme Court says Texas can use its new congressional map that positions Republicans to gain seats in Congress in the 2026 midterms. The ruling comes after a panel of three judges ruled the 2025 maps could not be used for the 2026 elections.

In 2023, Texas overcame lawsuits that sought to prevent constitutional amendments from going into effect, but one that voters approved in 2021 is still blocked.

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans, allowing next year’s elections to be held under the state’s congressional redistricting plan favorable to the GOP and pushed by President Donald Trump.

A divided Supreme Court has come to the rescue of Texas Republicans, ruling in favor of their new congressional map that a judge says is likely to be found racially discriminatory. Democrats