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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 ...
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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 ...

Texas state Senate passes new Republican drawn congressional map as House Dems remain on the lam

Texas Senate approves Republican-drawn redistricting maps in 19-2 vote as nine Democrats walk out in protest while House Democrats remain out of state.

Texas Republicans Announce Next Move in Redistricting Fight

The announcement marks the latest sign that Trump's push to reconfigure districts ahead of the midterm is set to be a ...

DNC to help lead nationwide protests against Republican redistricting plans

The Democratic National Committee and more than three dozen groups are planning events across 20 states on Saturday, ...

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 ...

Texas Republicans pushing redistricting are gambling that Trump's gains will hold

With President Donald Trump looking to preserve Republicans’ majority in the U.S. House, Texas Republicans are betting they ...

Bernie Sanders slams Texas GOP redistricting plans as ‘pathetic,’ urges Democrats to ‘fight back’

Senator Bernie Sanders, a longtime opponent of gerrymandering who called Texas Republicans’ redistricting plans “pathetic,” ...

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.