Texas Republicans pitch new House map to net them up to five more seats

Source: New York Post

Texas Republicans rolled out a proposed overhaul of the Lone Star State’s congressional map Wednesday, aiming to flip as many as five Democrat-held House seats and potentially sparking a gerrymandering arms race between red and blue states. Currently, Texas has 38 congressional districts, represented by 25 Republicans and 12 Democrats — with one vacancy, in the deep-blue 21st District, to be filled in a special election this November following the death of Rep. Sylvester Turner in March.