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How Texas Republicans want to dismantle Democratic districts

Texas Republicans have proposed a new congressional map for the state, with the goal of flipping five Democratic seats in next year’s midterm elections.

NBC News on MSN · 14h

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 like California and New York respond in kind to the Texas push.

The Washington Post on MSN · 11h

Trump says Republicans are ‘entitled’ to 5 more seats in Texas redistricting

President Donald Trump said Republicans deserve to redraw the Texas electoral map. “I got the highest vote in the history of Texas, as you probably know. And we are entitled to five more seats,” he said Tuesday in an interview with CNBC.

19hon MSN

Democrats who fled Texas are racking up a huge bill. Who is paying the tab?

AURORA, ILL. – Texas House Democrats who fled the state to block GOP redistricting have been very open about their effort, ...

FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth2h

Gov. Abbott orders arrest of Texas Democrats in legislative standoff

Texas Democrats have fled the state to block a vote on a new redistricting map. Gov. Abbott has ordered their arrest, ...

9hon MSN

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

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to remove one of the state's House Democratic leaders, Rep. Gene Wu, ...

19h

DNC chair says Texas redistricting will be fought with 'every option on the table'

Texas House Democrats taking refuge in Illinois to break a legislative quorum in their home state, along with Democratic ...

2hon MSN

Texas state Democrat apologizes for comparing GOP redistricting plan to the Holocaust

Democratic Texas State Rep. Jolanda Jones invoked the Holocaust while discussing state Democrats like herself fleeing the state to avoid a vote on redistricting.

News Nation on MSN12h

Texas Dems have legal right to leave state: State party chair

Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison (R) claimed Monday the Republican Party will “never have the White House again” if Democrats ...

13hon MSN

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 ...

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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 ...

13mOpinion

How the MAGA gerrymander in Texas resurrects Jim Crow’s racist playbook for voter suppression

The redistricting campaign by lawmakers in the Lone Star State, orchestrated at the behest of President Donald Trump, is yet ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN9h

Texas Attorney General Paxton will ask courts to vacate Democratic lawmakers’ seats

Legal experts say it’s “inconsistent with the Texas Constitution” to argue a quorum break qualifies as abandoning an office.

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