House members are watching with growing discomfort as Democrats in California and other blue states consider joining Texas Republicans in pursuing mid-decade redistricting to gain an advantage in the 2026 midterms.

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.

Republicans in Texas are gearing up to redraw the state's congressional maps this week, aiming to secure five new seats for the GOP.This move is

Trump said he’s going to steal five Congressional seats in Texas and gerrymander his way into a win," said Gov. Newsom.

Democrats have signaled they’re ready to jump into a redistricting arms race after President Donald Trump pushed Republicans to skew Texas’ congressional districts to favor the party in the 2026 midterms.

The president has demanded that Texas Republicans redraw the state's electoral map in an off-cycle ploy to create more GOP House seats