Either way, the fundamentally balanced House map is the backdrop to the new Texas map. While a few more Republican seats will certainly help the G.O.P., it will take more to give Republicans a major structural advantage in the fight for the House.

Texas Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a redrawn map of the state's congressional districts designed to help their party keep control of the House of Representatives after next year's midterm elections.

Different from everyone else, I’m telling you, I’m not beating around the bush,” Rep. Todd Hunter, the Corpus Christi Republican carrying the bill, said about the goal of the map. “We have five new districts,