Why one Republican won a redrawn Texas district despite blue tsunami
Al Jazeera examines why Texas's redrawn congressional maps mostly backfired in the 2026 midterms: Democrats held four targeted districts on a wave of Latino voters swinging back over immigration and cost-of-living concerns, electing the state's first Democrats to statewide office in 32 years. The lone Republican gain was constitutional lawyer Jace Yarbrough, who took the heavily redrawn 32nd district near Dallas with 51.5 percent against Dan Barrios.
