A decision on the state’s new congressional map will affect five House seats and could help determine control of the chamber next year.

Hours after federal judges blocked Texas from using a newly drawn Congressional map, state leaders filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court.

Republicans hope the U.S. Supreme Court will overrule a three-judge panel and bring the new map back into play, but the deadline for candidates to file is less than three weeks away, Dec. 8.

Republican Congressman Troy Nehls, whose district covers the majority of Fort Bend County, has announced that he will not be running for re-election in 2026.

Alito issued the emergency order in his capacity as the justice who handles urgent appeals from Texas, saying the map could remain.

A federal court dealt a major blow on Tuesday to Republicans' hopes of picking up five new GOP seats in Congress next year in Texas, ruling that the party's redraw was unconstitutional. But the decision was far from the last word on the case.

Acting Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards are competing for the congressional seat, which has been vacant since the March death of U.S. Rep.

After leaders in four member cities scheduled elections to consider leaving DART next May, a fifth North Texas town may join the ranks.