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.

“You all are being used,” Democratic U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro told the panel, saying it would confuse voters and motivate other states to rush to redraw their own maps.

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...