Civil rights groups and dozens of Black and Hispanic voters joined the lawsuit, saying the new map intentionally reduces minority voters’ influence. Texas Republican lawmakers and state leaders deny these claims, saying the map is a legal partisan gerrymander. The new map eliminated five of the state’s nine “coalition” districts, where no minority group has a majority but together they outnumber non-Hispanic white voters. Texas says critics cloak partisan fears in rhetoric about raceThe new Texas map is designed to give Republicans 30 of the state’s 38 House seats, up from 25 now. “This is consistent with the current climate and culture germinating from the White House.”Critics also argued that the 2021 map itself didn’t have enough minority districts.