Lawmakers are trying to plan for the 2026 midterms while waiting on the U.S. Supreme Court decision on redrawn electoral maps.

The Supreme Court is allowing the challenged Texas congressional redistricting plan to be used in next year’s election, despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the basis of race.

Texas officials drew the new congressional map to help Republicans gain up to five additional seats in the House in next year's midterm elections.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that controversial electoral maps drawn up by Texas' Republican legislature are legal to use in the upcoming 2026 midterm elections.

The court ruled in favor of the map, which could flip five Democratically held seats in Congress to Republican control.

The Dec. 4 ruling, which overturned a lower court injunction issued two weeks earlier, comes just four days before the deadline for Texas candidates to file to run in the March primary elections.

The high court granted a stay of the lower court order, with the unsigned majority alleging the lower court panel erred in its ruling.

Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map with Republican advantage for 2026 midterms despite racial bias claims.

The U.S. Supreme Court says Texas can use its new congressional map that positions Republicans to gain seats in Congress in the 2026 midterms. The ruling comes after a panel of three judges ruled the 2025 maps could not be used for the 2026 elections.