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The Texas GOP will vote Saturday to possibly bar some state legislators from running in the 2026 primary, despite repeated Texas Supreme Court rulings saying they cannot.

Republicans note that some of the districts they intend to flip were redrawn to become majority-Hispanic. Democrats say the GOP made sure to add Hispanic Texans who are unlikely to vote.

Civil rights groups say Texas' new Congressional maps are racially gerrymandered. But Texas Republicans say the maps are partisan — which the Supreme Court said is legal.