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DNC chair sounds alarm on Texas redistricting fight

How the Texas redistricting fight is spilling over to other states

Here's how Texas Republicans' plans to redraw its congressional map mushroomed into a multi-state standoff over the past week.

The New York Times · 2d

The Texas Redistricting Fight, Explained

Here is why Democrats in the Texas House left the state, why Republicans in the Legislature want to redraw political maps and why other states are involved.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Trump Defends Push for Texas Redistricting

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his push for a Republican-backed plan to redraw Texas congressional districts before the midterm congressional elections in 2026. "We have a really good governor and we have good people in Texas and I won Texas,

Texas, Houston and Democrats

Chron on MSN · 19h

Texas governor asks court to remove Houston rep from office over breaking quorum

Greg Abbott has raised the stakes in a heightening political showdown-calling for the removal of Texas Rep. Gene Wu (D- Houston) from office. Wu was one of dozens Democratic lawmakers who fled the state last week to halt a vote on proposed redistricting measures.

CBS News · 19h

Democrats absent from Texas House, breaking quorum for 2nd day in a row in effort to block redistricting vote

Texas democrats’ absence delays redistricting vote amid political showdown 03:44. The Texas House reconvened Tuesday afternoon in Austin after Democratic lawmakers fled the stat

USA TODAY on MSN · 19h

Texas House Democrats stay out of state to block congressional redistricting

Democratic lawmakers in Texas left the state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts.

KIAH Houston on MSN1h

Redistricting Showdown: UofH Expert weighs in on Texas

We spoke with Senior Professor of Political Science Dr. David Brenham about the controversy surrounding redistricting in ...

FOX 26 Houston on MSN1h

Rep. Jolanda Jones apologizes for comparing Texas redistricting plan to Holocaust

Texas state Rep. Jolanda Jones apologized on Tuesday for comparing a plan to redraw the state's congressional maps to the ...

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Texas redistricting: What's at stake as Republicans aim to pick up 5 House seats

President Donald Trump claimed Republicans are "entitled to five more seats" in Texas, where a redistricting battle is ...

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Texas Gov. Abbott sues to remove alleged "ringleader" of Democratic walkout from office amid redistricting showdown

Abbott filed an emergency petition with the Texas Supreme Court to have Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, the Democratic Caucus Chair, removed from office.

FOX 26 Houston on MSN15h

Texas redistricting: A look at the process and requirements

Texas politicians and political activists are waging a battle over mid-decade congressional redistricting to benefit the ...

2hOpinion

Commentary: Hochul calls Texas redistricting a 'legal insurrection'

Since Donald Trump’s rise, Republicans have declared war on the American people. They slashed health care, gutted nutrition ...

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Texas Democrats fleeing Trump’s redistricting didn’t abandon us. Gov. Greg Abbott did.

Gov. Greg Abbott is suing to remove state Rep. Gene Wu from office for leading a Democrat walkout over Trump's redistricting ...

19hon MSN

Trump-led Texas redistricting gambit ignites national arms race to control Congress

The escalating political fight over the Texas congressional map is spreading across other states across the country, ...

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Denying quorum has been a Texas political strategy since 1870

While the Democrats could technically derail the GOP’s redistricting map, such efforts have been largely symbolic and had ...

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