Now, Texas Republicans want to break that tradition — and other states could follow suit.

The balance of power in Congress is a game of inches, as Texas Republicans consider redrawing the lines to get more seats in the House.

“Everything is on the table,” he said on Friday.

The problem: Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary residence, enabling the now-estranged couple to improperly loc...