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Supreme Court Restores Texas Map Adding Five Seats

4/28/2026

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Supreme Court reinstated Texas’s congressional map on April 27 2026, overturning a block in a 6-3 vote.
The map, approved by Republican-led legislature and signed by Governor Greg Abbott in August 2025, seeks to add five seats.
Decision drew dissent from Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and prompted Rep. Gene Wu to call map racist and Sen. Mayes Middleton to hail it as step toward five seats.

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Story summary

Supreme Court reinstated Texas’s congressional map on April 27 2026, overturning a block in a 6-3 vote.
The map, approved by Republican-led legislature and signed by Governor Greg Abbott in August 2025, seeks to add five seats.
Decision drew dissent from Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and prompted Rep. Gene Wu to call map racist and Sen. Mayes Middleton to hail it as step toward five seats.