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Boise State Public Radio · 15d

GOP gambit to redraw Texas' congressional map shows redistricting is an ongoing fight

Lawmakers in Texas are in a Republican-led special session to try to redraw voting districts for Congress. Other states may also end up with new House maps soon before next year's midterm election.

CNN on MSN · 1d

Texas Democrats leave the state to prevent vote on GOP-drawn congressional map

Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday in a desperate bid to block an aggressively partisan redrawing of the state’s congressional map orchestrated by Republicans with the support of President Donald Trump.

MSNBC on MSN · 1d

Texas Democrats leave the state, hope to derail Republicans’ radical redistricting scheme

Ahead of a vote on the GOP’s redistricting gambit, Texas Democrats played their final card: They fled the state to block the legislative process.

Texas, Democrats and Paxton

Chron on MSN · 1d

Texas Democrats fled the state. What if they don't return?

With a 3 p.m. deadline fast approaching, Texas House Democrats remain out of state in a high-stakes gambit to halt a GOP-led redistricting plan. Their absence has triggered a full-blown legislative crisis with real consequences looming.

POLITICO on MSN · 5h

Texas AG Paxton will try to expel Texas Democrats if they don’t return by Friday

Paxton said he would begin asking Texas courts on Friday to remove the Democrats if they do not return to Austin. “Democrats have abandoned their offices by fleeing Texas, and a failure to respond to a call of the House constitutes a dereliction of their duty as elected officials,

The Washington Post on MSN · 6h

Paxton says he will seek Democrats’ removal if they do not return to Texas

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he will ask the courts to declare state legislators’ seats vacant if they do not return by Friday and allow Republicans to redraw the Congressional map.

Texas Is Moving Forward With Its Radical Redistricting Plan

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5hon MSN

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 ...

1don MSN

Trump’s Texas Gambit Ignites Nationwide Battle for House Control

Trump is also actively involved in recruitment efforts and intervening early with endorsements to head off messy GOP primary ...

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

A bid to redraw the Texas map to give Republicans five more House seats is drawing threats of retaliation from Democrats ...

1d

The Origins of the Political Power Grab in Texas

The cutthroat political maneuvering in Texas seemed to begin quietly in June, when President Trump’s political team urged ...

5h

Why Fleeing Texas Democrats Likely Won't Stop Republicans

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called a special legislative session that would, if successful, shrink the number of Democrats the ...

1don MSNOpinion

Chief Justice John Roberts enabled Texas’ gambit to gerrymander the state for the GOP

The brazen partisan redistricting underway in Texas, with Republicans attempting to entrench themselves in office and ...

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