Abbott vows to appeal ruling on Texas congressional map

[RandySF]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) vowed Tuesday that he would appeal a ruling that a new GOP-favored map that Republicans passed earlier this year could not be used for the 2026 midterms.

“The Legislature redrew our congressional maps to better reflect Texans’ conservative voting preferences — and for no other reason,” Abbott said in a statement. “Any claim that these maps are discriminatory is absurd and unsupported by the testimony offered during ten days of hearings.”

“This ruling is clearly erroneous and undermines the authority the U.S. Constitution assigns to the Texas Legislature by imposing a different map by judicial edict,” he continued. “The State of Texas will swiftly appeal to the United States Supreme Court.”

In a 2-1 vote, a federal judge panel delivered a blow to Republicans earlier Tuesday, ruling that “substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map” and saying that their new congressional lines could not be used during next year’s elections.




https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5611444-greg-abbott-texas-congressional-map-redistricting/

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. The federal judge who issued this ruling clerked for Greg when Greg was on the Texas state supreme court

This appeal will be interesting in that it affects a number of Texas races. Al Green is one of the plaintiffs in this case and was one of the main targets of this redistricting scam. I have known Al for 20 or so years and has work on voter protection efforts with Al. Al represents CD 9 but was redistricted so that much of his district is now in CD 18. Al is currently going to run in CD 18 which was Sylvester Turner's district. Abbott has been an asshole and has kept this seat open for 11 months. There will be a runoff on January 31 between two great young democrats, Christen Menefee and Amanda Edwards. The winner and loser of that runoff would then have to run against Al Green in the March primary.

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Jasime Crockett was also targeted and there were rumors that she may run for Texas Senate. If this ruling stand, Jasime will not have to change offices.

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In another race, Lloyd Doggett's and another younger democrat's district were in effect merged and Lloyd was going to retire. If this ruling stand, Lloyd does not have to retire

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Finally, Al's old district was redrawn to be a very white district and an asshole name Briscoe Cain was going to run in that district. Cain is a real asshole and I would hate to see him in Congress. Here what Cain posted about this ruling

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I am really hoping that this ruling stands

[bucolic_frolic]

2. The more the GOP gerrymander gets dragged through the press

the more it will hurt GOP chances of winning the seats they gerrymandered. Their motives are front and center.

[everyonematters]

3. He may have actually done the Republicans a favor.

The gerrymandered districts are depending on Hispanics. They lost Hispanics in Virginia and New Jersey by large amounts. The ignorant base still thinks the redistricting is a good thing. So, Abbot pretends he is going to fight it.