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Texas, Dems and GOP redistricting

Texas Dems begin to crack, confirm return to state after fleeing to obstruct GOP redistricting: report

Texas House Democrats plan to return to the state after fleeing to block GOP redistricting efforts, local Texas media has confirmed.

Yahoo · 2h

Texas Dems to return after Abbott ends session that included redistricting: Sources

Texas House Democrats who left the state to prevent a vote on new congressional maps will return to Texas, feeling they have accomplished their mission of killing the first special session, raising awareness and sparking national backlash about the mid-decade redistricting, multiple sources confirmed to ABC News and ABC station KTRK on Tuesday.

CBS News on MSN · 11h

House Democrats who left Texas to block redistricting are discussing when they will return

Republican leaders announced that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15, both the House and Senate will wrap up the special session.

Texas, the Senate and redistricting map

Austin American-Statesman · 1h

New redistricting map sparks clash over Latino political representation in Texas

Texas Democrats claim that redistricting will disenfranchise the state's Hispanic voters. Republicans say they're amplifying their voices. Who's right?

UPI on MSN · 11h

Texas Senate approves congressional redistricting map

The Texas Senate voted 19-2 along party lines on Tuesday to approve a congressional redistricting map that is identical to a version in the Texas House.

The New York Times · 1h

How a U.S. Senate Race Is Shaping the Fight Over Redistricting in Texas

Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton are vying to be the tougher candidate on Democratic lawmakers who left Texas, as potential Democratic rivals seek their own spotlight.

Texas, Beto O'Rourke

MSNBC · 10h

‘He’s lying’: Texas AG wants to arrest Beto O’Rourke as tensions explode

Beto O’Rourke speaks out after Texas attorney general Ken Paxton asks a judge to jail O’Rourke amid the redistricting fight: “They're clearly trying to silence me to stop any one of us who wants to fight back against this power grab in Texas.

USA TODAY on MSN · 12h

Texas AG asks judge to arrest Beto O'Rourke for redistricting battle fundraising

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked a judge to jail Beto O'Rourke for fundraising efforts connected to the state’s redistricting fight.

Politico · 17h

Paxton urges Texas judge to jail Beto O’Rourke over fundraising related to redistricting fight

Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked a Texas district court judge to jail former Rep. Beto O’Rourke over his fundraising pitches connected to the state’s intensifying redistricting battle. Paxton’s request accused the Texas Democrat of violating a court order that the judge,

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Texas Senate passes redistricting map despite walkout by majority of Democrats

A majority of Democrats in the Texas Senate walked out of the chamber Tuesday to protest the chamber’s congressional ...

17hon MSN

Texas Democratic senators stage symbolic walkout to protest redistricting debate

Texas Senate Democrats staged their exit from the chamber Tuesday just before state Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, moved to ...

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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 ...

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.

California launches redistricting fight to ‘nullify’ Texas GOP plan, with Dems poised to gain 5 seats

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the Golden State will move forward with a special election in early ...

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Newsom welcomes Texas Democrats who fled to foil Trump's redistricting plan

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislative and congressional members stood with Texas state lawmakers in their opposition ...

20h

Abbott calls out Democrats who fled Texas, threatens to remove them from office

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told CBS News Texas that Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a congressional ...

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