First to ABC: DNC ramps up anti-redistricting efforts in Texas with calls to 'persuadable' GOP voters [View all]

Source: ABC News

July 28, 2025, 6:06 AM


The national Democratic Party is ramping up its offensive against potential mid-decade redistricting in Texas with a new organizing effort launching Monday, according to plans shared first with ABC News.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) says it will deploy 30,000 volunteers to make calls to "persuadable Republican Texas voters" in Republican-held districts to discuss the push by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas state legislators -- and rubber-stamped by President Donald Trump -- to consider redrawing Texas' congressional map, which the DNC claims in a statement is an attempt to "rig the Texas maps at the behest of Donald Trump."

The group will also have volunteer organizers contact state representatives, share public comments, and organize both in person and virtually.

This endeavor from the Democrats comes as Texas lawmakers convene for a special legislative session called by Abbott, who set an agenda that included considering congressional district redistricting "in light of constitutional concerns raised by the U.S. Department of Justice." In a letter earlier this month, the Department of Justice told Texas that four majority-minority districts represented by Democrats needed to be redrawn, arguing they were "unconstitutional racial gerrymanders."

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