As Texas Republicans battle with state House Democrats, who fled to block the GOP’s ability to pass new congressional maps, there’s an intraparty skirmish proceeding just as fiercely on the sidelines: the state’s contentious Republican Senate primary.

Maryland politicians are weighing in on the national debate over mid-decade redistricting, as states propose plans to give parties in power more congressional seats ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Democrats have left the state, the Republican governor and attorney general have vowed to remove them from office, and a senator has called in the F.B.I.