08/20/2025

These States Could Redistrict before the 2026 Midterms

Ohio is one of them

The redistricting arms race sparked by President Donald Trump's push to draw new congressional lines in Texas has both parties scrambling to rethink the political map.

Texas has proposed a map that would probably give Republicans five new House seats, and at least six other states are potential targets for mid-decade tweaks to congressional boundaries ahead of the midterms. California was the second state to produce a new map, countering the GOP shifts in Texas with five more seats favorable to Democrats.

But implementing new maps is easier said than done. Many states are bound by laws that dictate when and how redistricting can happen. States typically draw new district lines once a decade, after each census, or if a map is struck down in court. There is also a tight timeline to get changes into place before the midterms in 2026.

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