The Supreme Court is allowing the challenged Texas congressional redistricting plan to be used in next year’s election, despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the basis of race.

The court ruled in favor of the map, which could flip five Democratically held seats in Congress to Republican control.

Texas officials drew the new congressional map to help Republicans gain up to five additional seats in the House in next year's midterm elections.

Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map with Republican advantage for 2026 midterms despite racial bias claims.

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Texas Republicans, allowing next year's elections to be held under the state's congressional redistricting plan favorable to the GOP and pushed by President Donald Trump despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the basis of race.

The Supreme Court handed Texas state officials a significant victory late Thursday, granting a stay that allows the state to use its newly redrawn congressional map for the upcoming 2026 midterm elections.

The Dec. 4 ruling, which overturned a lower court injunction issued two weeks earlier, comes just four days before the deadline for Texas candidates to file to run in the March primary elections.

The Supreme Court revived Texas’ congressional map that sparked a mid-decade redistricting war by adding up to five Republican pickup opportunities, paving the way Thursdayforit to be