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California Democrats prepare redistricting effort to counter Texas GOP

As Texas hurtles toward a flashpoint on a GOP effort to redraw congressional districts, California Democrats are about to answer with a plan of their own.

NBC News on MSN · 15h

Democrats who fled Texas to block the GOP's redistricting effort plot their exit strategy

Lawmakers are now framing their ability to prevent new maps from passing during one special legislative session as a victory. But Republicans are poised to call another.

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

Texas Democrats Weigh Return to State in Redistricting Fight

Democratic lawmakers from Texas say they’re considering their options amid a report they could return to the state as soon as this weekend, a move that may end a standoff in which more than 50 state representatives left in a bid to block controversial new congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump.

Illinois, Texas and Democrats

The Dallas Morning News on MSN · 15h

Illinois judge rules against Ken Paxton in his effort to have Texas House Democrats arrested

Illinois law enforcement officers cannot arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the northern state in protest of a congressional redistricting map, a state judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling,

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 16h

Illinois court rejects Texas request to enforce arrest warrants against House Democrats

Judge Scott Larson ruled that the Texas speaker and attorney general had “failed to present a legal basis for the court” to take up the issue.

CNN on MSN · 15h

Illinois judge declines Texas AG’s request to enforce arrest warrants in redistricting standoff

A judge in Illinois on Wednesday denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to enforce civil arrest warrants for the absent Texas House Democrats trying to stop a redistricting effort that could net Republicans five seats in the US House.

Texas House of Representatives, GOP and state Senate

CBS News · 20h

Texas Senate passes GOP-favored redistricting map

Texas state senators passed the controversial congressional redistricting map that could give Republicans five more seats. Meanwhile, the Texas House of Representatives says it will wrap up its special session on the redistricting map if a quorum can't be reached by Friday morning.

FOX News on MSN · 1d

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.

MSNBC · 1d

Texas map could be redrawn to add 8 new GOP seats

The Texas House failed to reach quorum for the fifth time today as most House Democrats remain out of the state amid the GOP's redistricting push. MSNBC host Symone Sanders Townsend and Puck Congressional Correspondent Abby Livingston join Katy Tur to break down President Trump's search for more Republican seats.

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Some House Democrats may still be in Texas. Why haven't they been arrested?

House Speaker Dustin Burrows has issued civil arrest warrants for the absent members found to be in Texas. None has been ...

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Texas House Democrats remain out of state as redistricting showdown continues into second week

The battle over mid-decade redistricting in Texas -- where the state’s congressional lines could be redrawn well ahead of the ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN1d

Texas Supreme Court won’t rule for weeks on GOP requests to expel Democrats who left the state

The governor and attorney general have asked the court to find that Democratic lawmakers abandoned their seats when they left ...

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Texas Gov. Abbott decries ‘runaway Democrats’ as redistricting standoff enters its second week

Democratic lawmakers in Texas once again thwarted the Republican redistricting effort in the state when the Texas House of ...

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Watch: Indiana, Texas Democrats push back against mid-decade redistricting

Several Indiana Democrats will join their Texas counterparts Wednesday afternoon in Chicago to rail against what they have ...

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O'Rourke, Soros-linked groups face call for DOJ probe over alleged funding of Texas Dem walkout

Sen. John Cornyn requested the Justice Department investigate Beto O'Rourke and George Soros-linked groups for allegedly funding Texas Democrats' exodus from the state during redistricting.

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Gavin Newsom and Democrats are placing a risky bet on gerrymandering

Democrats are banking in a big way on California and its governor, Gavin Newsom, to help them fight back against Republicans ...

New redistricting map sparks clash over Latino political representation in Texas

Texas Democrats claim that redistricting will disenfranchise the state's Hispanic voters. Republicans say they're amplifying ...

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Texas, Democrats and GOP

Illinois, Texas and Democrats

Texas House of Representatives, GOP and state Senate

Some House Democrats may still be in Texas. Why haven't they been arrested?

Texas House Democrats remain out of state as redistricting showdown continues into second week

Texas Supreme Court won’t rule for weeks on GOP requests to expel Democrats who left the state

Texas Gov. Abbott decries ‘runaway Democrats’ as redistricting standoff enters its second week

Watch: Indiana, Texas Democrats push back against mid-decade redistricting

O'Rourke, Soros-linked groups face call for DOJ probe over alleged funding of Texas Dem walkout

Gavin Newsom and Democrats are placing a risky bet on gerrymandering

New redistricting map sparks clash over Latino political representation in Texas

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