Washington, D.C. — The National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) has been sounding the alarm about Republicans’ latest Trump-backed scheme to steal the 2026 House midterm elections by gerrymandering Texas’s congressional map. Today, President Trump admitted on camera that he’s asking Texas Republicans to draw a map that would give Republicans five more congressional seats.

In case you missed it, here is a sample of NDRC’s press coverage:

MSNBC’s The Weekend: Marina Jenkins Discusses the Threat of GOP Gerrymandering

MARINA JENKINS: “President Trump sees the writing on the wall, and the American people are very unhappy with what’s going on right now. We’re looking ahead to the 2026 midterms and what could be a real wave for Democrats, and they’re trying to stop that from happening by securing their power before we even get to the elections.”

The Bulwark: John Bisognano Speaks with Lauren Egan On Donald Trump’s Efforts to Gerrymander Texas

JOHN BISOGNANO: The truth is, we have to be crystal clear about what this is, and the White House and Donald Trump are trying to fix the 2026 election now. In July of the year before the election happens, they’re trying to gerrymander a state to an absurd degree to steal seats. 

Because we all have to remember, this comes on the heels of them passing probably the least popular bill of my lifetime, at least, that I have seen, go through Congress. If you look at the polling around the big beautiful Bill Act or whatever, it’s horrific, and it’s horrific, from Democrats and Republicans alike. Nobody likes this bill. Nobody likes where this is headed, and they know that. 

And so, their only path to success in continuing to hold on to power in the US House is to gerrymander states as much as they possibly can, in places that, you know, it’s not what the people want, it’s not what the people deserve, and that’s the reality of what we’re facing down in Texas over the next two months.

The Washington Post: Texas to consider redistricting congressional map in special session

The National Democratic Redistricting Committee, an anti-gerrymandering organization started by former Obama-era attorney general Eric Holder, argued that Texas’s redistricting effort is aimed at helping Republicans “cheat” in the 2026 midterm elections.

“Texas’s congressional map already silences the voices of thousands of Texans. That’s why Texas voters have spent the last three years in court challenging it for violating the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Now, Texas Republicans want to enact an even more egregious gerrymander, because they are afraid of voters who are furious with their unpopular MAGA agenda and horrific budget bill,” NDRC President John Bisognano said in a statement. “This is an attack on democracy. Trump and Republicans in Congress know that they cannot win fairly in 2026, so they are demanding that Abbott cheat.”

Politico: Republicans run a risky strategy for holding the House that rests on redrawn maps
Democrats are almost certain to sue over whatever new maps are created in both Ohio and Texas, said John Bisognano, president of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee.

“I imagine we will have a lot to say about the map they create and the legalities of it,” he said Thursday.

The Texas Tribune: As Texas Republicans prepare for mid-decade redistricting, cautionary tales loom from the past

Democrats have denounced the Trump administration’s redistricting push this year, with the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, Democrats’ national arm to contest state GOP mapmaking, calling the proposal “yet another example of Trump trying to suppress votes in order to hold onto power.”

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