2026 Mid-Term Elections...which would help the GOP keep its Congressional House majority...and presumedly keep Trump from being investigated for "High Crimes and Misdemeanors".

Here's an AI summary of how it all went down...note that TX voters had no say in the matter, whereas, VA's citizens did. Lesson: "Don't throw rocks when you live in a Glass House".
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AI Overview
Texas has not passed a single specific, permanent law that generally authorizes redistricting between decennial census surveys. Instead, the Texas Legislature has voluntarily undertaken "mid-decade" (or mid-cycle) redistricting by passing new maps during special sessions, most notably in 2003 and 2025

Key historical instances of Texas mid-decade redistricting:
2003: Led by then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, the Texas Legislature passed a new congressional map for partisan advantage, replacing a court-ordered map that had been used in the 2002 elections

. This 2003 map was subsequently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in LULAC v. Perry (2006), which ruled that mid-decade redistricting is not prohibited by federal law

2025: On August 29, 2025, Governor Greg Abbott signed new congressional maps into law that were passed during a special session to replace the maps enacted in 2021, aiming to add five Republican seats ahead of the 2026 election

Legal Context
While the Texas Constitution (Article III, Section 28) requires redistricting during the first regular session following the census, there is no explicit prohibition against doing it again later in the decade

. Mid-decade redistricting is rare and often follows either court orders—when previous maps are declared invalid—or political, voluntary actions to redraw lines
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