Who won redistricted House seats?

One of the biggest stories of the 2026 midterms came before any votes were cast: the mid-decade redistricting wars.Fearing a backlash to President Trump’s policies at the ballot box, Republicans in several states moved to redraw their congressional maps to shore up their House seats and minimize potential losses. Democrats sought to counter those efforts but ultimately managed just one deliberate redraw of their own in California ahead of Election Day.

After a sweeping victory for Democrats with dozens of gains in the House on Tuesday, how did redistricting efforts hold up around the country?

According to projections from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ), Republicans picked up just two of the 15 seats they targeted through redistricting. In some cases, the new maps backfired, putting previously safe GOP incumbents at risk.

Here is a review of how the parties’ redrawn maps held up with voters.

Texas was the first state to redraw its lines in 2025, with Republicans aiming to flip at least five Democrat seats to Republican. But the GOP won just one of those redrawn seats, the 32nd Congressional District, where Republican Jace Yarbrough defeated Democrat Dan Barrios by nearly 3 points, according to DDHQ. Trump won the district by nearly 20 points in 2024.

In the 9th Congressional District, which the president won by the same margin two years ago, Democrat Leticia Gutierrez handily defeated Republican Alex Mealer, DDHQ projected. Gutierrez currently leads by 15 points with some votes still left to count.

Republicans’ redistricting gamble in the Lone Star State hinged on Latino voters turning out for the GOP as they did for Trump in 2024. But that support failed to materialize, contributing to defeats for the party in three South Texas districts.

Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar both easily held onto their seats in the Rio Grande Valley — the 34th and the 28th Congressional Districts, respectively — places which Trump won by more than 10 points each in the last election. Democrat Johnny Garcia also held onto the 35th Congressional District, defeating Republican Carlos de la Cruz.

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