"Of Donald Trump's many second-term power grabs, perhaps the most momentous has been his effort to improve the low odds of his party maintaining trifecta control of Washington in the 2026 midterm elections by literally redrawing congressional maps wherever Republicans have the power to do so. This began with his successful demand that Texas Republicans hijack a special summer legislative session that was supposed to be about disaster recovery to conduct a"
"The thing about this sort of maneuver is that it works best if it's fast and relatively quiet. Redistricting is an arcane process that normally doesn't get regular people very excited. But if it takes a while, the audacity of what Trump is trying to accomplish will sink in and even the GOP state legislators being ordered to steal a House seat or three will begin to have misgivings."
"President Donald Trump's mid-cycle redistricting push is on the verge of stalling in Indiana, top state Republican officials have warned the White House, and Vice President JD Vance is on his way to the Hoosier state to turn things around. The cautionary note, shared by three Republicans close to the deliberations, prompted Vance's second trip in three months to the state to mount a "hard push," one of the people said."
A coordinated mid-cycle redistricting effort seeks to redraw congressional maps where Republicans control state legislatures to increase GOP U.S. House seats ahead of the 2026 midterms. The campaign began with a Texas special legislative session that produced a rare mid-decade gerrymander potentially adding up to five House seats, despite ongoing litigation. Other red states moved to follow, but momentum has waned as the tactic proved more effective when executed quickly and quietly. Delays allow public scrutiny and internal misgivings among GOP state legislators. Indiana exemplifies the slowdown, with officials signaling resistance and the vice president dispatched to push redistricting forward.
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