Interactive: New map makes Waco's congressional district more competitive
Shaw, The Waco Bridge September 15, 2025
Texas’ mid-decade redistricting was intended to produce up to five additional Republican congressional seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
But the new map for Waco’s district, Congressional District 17, could make it somewhat easier for Democrats to compete against Republicans.
CD-17 previously extended eastward from Waco, its largest city, to Nacogdoches, taking in a large slice of conservative deep East Texas.
The new district boundaries skew south along the Interstate 35 corridor, taking in Temple and a larger chunk of the fast-growing Williamson County suburbs north of Austin. In general, the district is more compact, encompassing more of the Waco region including rural Bosque County.
A new interactive map…