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In redistricting clash, Texas GOP flexes power to shut down Democrats' last tool of resistance
Since Democratic lawmakers left Texas to delay Republicans’ new map, state leaders have challenged the limits of traditional ...
Exclusive interview with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott as Democrats boycott redistricting plan
The Texas House of Representatives remained paralyzed Monday afternoon amid a political fight stretching from Austin to ...
Texas House Democrats remain out of state as redistricting showdown continues into second week
The battle over mid-decade redistricting in Texas -- where the state’s congressional lines could be redrawn well ahead of the ...
Beyond redistricting, Democrats need a new agenda. Here’s where to start.
By prioritizing this fight, voters are still not hearing a middle of the road message from the Democratic Party that offers ...
Texas Gov. Abbott decries ‘runaway Democrats’ as redistricting standoff enters its second week
Democratic lawmakers in Texas once again thwarted the Republican redistricting effort in the state when the Texas House of ...
What’s at stake as more Democrats coalesce around Gov. Newsom’s redistricting proposal for House seats
The effort to redraw congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections could make GOP incumbents vulnerable.
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Texas Democrats embrace Newsom’s redistricting rebuttal as California draws new map
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Texas Democrats jointly promoted California’s plan to redraw congressional lines and offset a ...
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin joins Texas Democrats to warn redistricting fight is a threat to whole country
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin joined Texas Democrats to warn that the redistricting fight in the Lone Star State is the first ...
Texas Legislature to take another swing at redistricting vote as Democrats extend their walkout
Texas Republicans are trying to reconvene the state Legislature to vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party’s ...
Dems suggest GOP redistricting has forced them to play partisan politics, Republicans argue nothing's changed
Democrats say GOP redistricting efforts are forcing them into partisan retaliation, but Republicans argue that partisan map drawing has always been part of the Democrats' game plan.
Matt Ritter: CT bucks trend of redistricting partisan warfare
Matt Ritter is Speaker of the House of the Connecticut House of Representatives. He represents Hartford’s 1st Assembly ...
5 things to know as California moves forward with redistricting
California Democrats are moving forward with plans to potentially redraw the state’s congressional maps as a response to GOP-led redistricting efforts in Texas. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has ...