Many Republicans in Texas biggest worry is that election districts may be drawn by a non-partisan court. The Texas Tribune has the latest:

There are few things that strike more fear into the heart of a member of Congress than the word “redistricting.” That proved particularly true this week among Texas Republicans in Washington, thanks to a recent court ruling that came about just as talk was increasing in Austin that Gov. Greg Abbott may call a special session. Some Texas Republicans in Congress hope that any upcoming special session will include redrawing the state’s 36 congressional districts as part of its agenda.

The message coming out of Austin thus far: not going to happen. Several congressional Republicans told the Tribune they want Abbott to call a special session to redraw the Congressional lines. They believe such a maneuver would put their allies in the state legislature in the driver’s seat, circumventing Republicans’ worst fear: that a panel of federal judges will draw a less favorable map of its own.

See this post by Democracy Chronicles author Thomas Manning for more on the last court battle. And according to an April post by the Dallas Morning News:

Plaintiffs in Texas’ ongoing redistricting case are confident they’ll have a trial on whether the congressional and statehouse maps the Legislature adopted in 2013 discriminated against minorities. “I think it’s pretty clear that we’re going to get a trial on the 2013 maps, and hopefully one that schedules us in time so that it’s going to impact the 2018 elections,” said Jose Garza, a lawyer for the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, one of the plaintiffs in the case.