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Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot
Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 ...
Texas Democrats hold the line from hotel rooms as Abbott promises arrests
The risks are big for Texas Democrats — from $500-a-day fines, to extradition, to the more unlikely scenario of Abbott ...
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Democrats are likely to lose the redistricting war
Dave’s Redistricting is a web app developed by Dave Bradlee, a software engineer, that allows users to draw imagined ...
Texas Democrats face arrest in redistricting fight
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to find and arrest the Democrats who fled the state over a Republican redistricting plan.
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Texas House issues arrest warrants for Democrats who left state to block congressional redistricting
The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to ...
Trump loyalist floats arrests of Democrats: ‘Chain them to their desk’
Democrats are aiming to deny the quorum that the legislature needs to operate until the state’s special session ends later ...
Some swing district Republicans object to Texas redistricting plan as Democrats threaten to retaliate
Two GOP lawmakers say they'll offer bills to curtail gerrymandering. They could be in the line of fire if Democrats in states ...
Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats
Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...