Despite a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court allowing Texas to move forward with its newly-redrawn maps for the 2026 midterm elections, Congresswoman Julie Johnson has announced that she has filed to run for Congress in the newly-redrawn District 33.
Johnson was first elected to Congress in 2024 in District 32. That District has been stretched extremely eastward, at the behest of Donald Trump, to encompass a wide swathe of voters likely to be more conservative and flip what had been a securely blue seat to red.
District 33, currently represented by Democratic Congressman Mark Veasey, had included parts of Fort Worth but was redrawn to be entirely in Dallas County. District 30, currently represented by Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett whose residence was gerrymandered out of District 30, now stretches more west into Tarrant County, and there have been some suggestions from political pundits that Veasey will run in that district.
But his decision hinges on Crockett’s plans; she has set a campaign announcement for Monday, Dec. 8, just before the filing deadline and is expected to announce at that time she will be running for the U.S. Senate.
Johnson, in announcing her decision to run in District 33, said she is “disappointed” in the Supreme Court’s decision to pause the Fifth Circuit Court’s ruling that the Texas maps were racially gerrymandered, and that she thinks “their decision is wrong.” But, she added, “we have to live with it and move on.”
Johnson said she believes “People have a lot confidence in my ability to do this job,” and encouraged voters to “Get engaged. Recognize that politics does affect you.”
— Tammye Nash
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