Dozens of protesters gathered in the Texas Capitol Building in Austin on Friday to protest the Republican effort to redistrict the Texas congressional district map. KETK/FOX51 News covers East Texas,

The Texas Legislature is considering mid-decade redistricting in a special session called by Gov. Greg Abbott. Friday's meeting of the House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting , which was still underway as of 8 p.

Texas is on its way to gerrymandering its own gerrymander. On Saturday, Republicans on the state house of representatives’ redistricting committee approved a new plan to add five Republican seats—part of a radical mid-decade scheme to help Republicans keep control of the US House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm elections.