Republicans Emerge From Census With Upper Hand in Map-Drawing
- States Trump won will gain five of seven seats moving in 2022
- GOP legislatures have map-making control in Texas and Florida
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Republicans’ bid to retake the U.S. House next year got a lift from new Census figures that added congressional seats in a handful of states, including Texas, that Donald Trump won in November’s election.
With Democrats holding the House by a slim majority, the numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Monday leave the GOP, for now, in a stronger position -- especially since Republicans control the legislatures that will redraw congressional districts in states with the biggest population changes.