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Texas, Democrats and redistricting

A California plan is likely the Democrats’ best option in the redistricting wars

As Texas Republicans move ahead with redistricting to protect or even expand the GOP’s slim majority in the US House, Democratic-run states, led by California, are pushing forward with their own efforts to draw new maps and add Democratic seats.

ABC News on MSN · 16h

Texas Democrats face arrest in redistricting fight

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to find and arrest the Democrats who fled the state over a Republican redistricting plan.

CBS News · 9h

Texas democrats’ absence delays redistricting vote amid political showdown

House Democrats remain MIA, affecting quorum, delaying a vote on the controversial redistricting plan. President Trump said Texas house Democrats have abandoned the state. Democrats have strongly denied that claim.

Texas, Democrats and Trump

UPI on MSN · 4h

Texas AG will seek to vacate congressional seats of fled Democrats

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday announced he will ask the court to declare the seats of the absent Democrats vacant.

USA TODAY on MSN · 17h

Trump says Republicans are 'entitled' to more congressional seats in Texas

President Donald Trump defended Republican efforts to redraw Texas' congressional maps that would add five GOP seats, saying Democratic-leaning states have also used gerrymandering to tilt the scales in their party's favor.

Las Vegas Sun · 1d

Democrats prevent Texas House from moving forward with Trump-backed congressional map

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn congressional map sought by President Donald Trump

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Will Texas Democrats’ walkout work?

For months, Democrats have been urging their party to play more hardball in fighting back against President Donald Trump’s ...

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Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin urges fellow Democrats to 'go nuclear' in redistricting fight

Slotkin told NBC News that she, like many Democrats, wants nonpartisan congressional maps. But if Republicans redraw the ...

Josh Holmes: Texas Redistricting Is The Consequence Of What Democrats Have Done For Generations

"Ruthless" podcast co-host Josh Holmes on Tuesday's "Special Report" reacted to Texas State Democrats fleeing the state over ...

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Texas Democrats hold the line from hotel rooms as Abbott promises arrests

Minutes later, as they stared at their phones, Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated the ordering of their arrest. The atmosphere, ...

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California Democrats Look to Redraw House Map to Counter Texas G.O.P.

As a Texas senator summoned the F.B.I. to round up Democrats, the redistricting war that began in Texas was spreading, with ...

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FBI urged to locate or arrest Texas Democrats who fled state to stall redistricting vote

Sen. Cornyn requests federal investigation into Texas House members who left state to avoid legislative duties, citing ...

PolitiFact10h

Have Democrats always been interested in Epstein case transparency? We looked back.

After House Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers home early for recess in July, he said if they were so concerned about releasing records related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, ...

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Pierce County Democrats may not hold onto council majority after primary

Democrats hold a majority on the Pierce County Council and with a Democrat Executive have the upper hand in Pierce County ...

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Some swing district Republicans object to Texas redistricting plan as Democrats threaten to retaliate

Two GOP lawmakers say they'll offer bills to curtail gerrymandering. They could be in the line of fire if Democrats in states ...