Texas Was Just Caught Racially Gerrymandering. Now What?

Texas’ new congressional map is back in the news after a three-judge federal panel (https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/...) blocked it from being used in the 2026 midterm elections. Gov. Greg Abbott has already appealed the ruling (https://www.kut.org/politics/2025-11-...) to the U.S. Supreme Court. Host Nikki DaVaughn is joined by Eleanor Klibanoff (https://www.texastribune.org/author/e...) , law and politics reporter for The Texas Tribune to break down the ruling, what it means for candidates now staring down the fast-approaching December 8th filing deadline (https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/...) and what comes next. Plus, amid the scramble, Austin Congressman Lloyd Doggett has signaled he might not retire after all (https://x.com/RepLloydDoggett/status/...) .  



Get up to speed on how we got here with City Cast Austin’s previous coverage from Democrats’ quorum break (https://austin.citycast.fm/podcasts/h...) this summer, the conservative case (https://austin.citycast.fm/podcasts/w...) for redistricting, how the new map would redraw Travis County’s districts (https://austin.citycast.fm/local-civi...) , and what the new local districts would mean for Austinites (https://austin.citycast.fm/podcasts/r...) .    



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