Texas Asks Supreme Court to Restore GOP-Drawn Voting Map (1)

Texas and its Republican leaders asked the US Supreme Court to reinstate a GOP-drawn congressional map in a clash that could determine which party controls the House after next year’s midterm election.

The emergency filing comes days after a lower court said the map, drawn at President Donald Trump’s behest, was probably an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The decision dealt a blow to Republican hopes of picking up five new seats in Texas.

Texas is seeking to block the lower court ruling while it presses an appeal at the Supreme Court. Granting the application would probably ensure that the new ...