NEW TEXAS CONGRESSIONAL MAP SIGNED INTO LAW
Governor Greg Abbott today (Friday) signed a new congressional map into law that will change who represents Washington County and surrounding counties in U.S. Congress.
passed by the Texas Legislature and signed by
Governor Greg Abbott. The map will move
Washington County and several surrounding
counties out of District 10 and into District 27.
(courtesy capitol.texas.gov)
The new map for the 2026 midterm elections will move Washington County from District 10, under Republican Congressman Michael McCaul, to District 27, under Republican Congressman Michael Cloud.
With the realignment to District 27, Washington County will become the northern-most county in the district along with Bastrop County, while the district will go west into half of Hays County, Caldwell County and a small piece of Travis County. The district runs down to the coastline, as far south as part of Nueces County and as far east as Matagorda County.
The new District 10 retains most of the western portion of Travis County, while Lee County will be the furthest south that the district reaches. It keeps Burleson, Brazos and Grimes counties, but it now extends into East Texas, with Leon County being its northern boundary and Polk County being its eastern edge.
the 2020 Census.
(courtesy capitol.texas.gov)
Austin, Colorado and Fayette counties join Washington County in the move from District 10 to District 27. Waller County moves into a reshaped District 8 that includes portions of Harris, Montgomery and Walker counties.
KWHI has reached out to the offices of McCaul and Cloud for comments on the district realignment.
The state’s redistricting process typically occurs once every 10 years after the U.S. Census is conducted. The existing map was approved in 2021.
The Texas Legislature proceeded with the mid-decade redistricting plans in an attempt to boost Republicans’ majority in Congress in next year’s elections. Texas House Democrats left the state in early August in protest of the map, which they argue is racially discriminatory. Legal challenges have been filed by voting rights groups.