A partisan battle in Texas over who holds power in Washington during the final two years of President Donald Trump’s second term has unfurled into a nationwide debate drawing in top political figures as voters brace for another divisive election in 2026.
The Lone Star State’s GOP lawmakers are poised to send new congressional maps to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Aug. 21 that Trump and his allies hope will give them a strategic advantage in holding onto their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
But the fight in Austin has spread beyond the state’s borders and created significant uncertainty about who will be in position to govern during the second half of the Trump administration and after the next race for the White House.
