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Texas House approves GOP congressional map after two-week delay from Democrats’ walkout
The Republican-led Texas House on Wednesday approved a new congressional map crafted to hand five additional U.S. House seats to the GOP over fierce opposition from Democrats, who cast the plan as a ...

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Texas Democrats Have A Plan To Disrupt The Trump-Approved Congressional Map
Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett says he'll retire after Texas redistricting unless courts overturn GOP map
Texas Redistricting Fight Shakes up Battle Lines for Both Parties in Key US Senate Race
Just as Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Colin Allred was holding a town hall near the Mexican border as part of an “unrig Texas” campaign tour, the state’s Democratic fundraising powerhouse Beto O’R...

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GOP redistricting plan heads to Greg Abbott after Texas Senate thwarts filibuster
Texas Senate debates redistricting bill, is expected to pass it easily
Redistricting tug-of-war bounces back to Texas after California lawmakers counterpunch
That move came a day after Texas Republicans advanced their own redrawn map to pad their House majority by the same number of seats at the urging of President Donald Trump.

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Texas Senate in session discussing redistricting, Senator Ted Cruz one-on-one, Houston Restaurant Weeks and more
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Yes, Texas Representative Nicole Collier Was Under “House Arrest” in the Texas Capitol

Exclusive: Gene Wu joins strategy call with Democratic legislators about fighting GOP-run redistricting beyond Texas

Texas state Rep. Gene Wu joined a private strategy call on Thursday with Democratic leaders from other GOP-led states that might also redraw their maps.

Texas Democrats prepare final show of resistance against Republican-backed redrawn maps

Texas lawmakers meet again Friday, when the Republican majority in the Senate could give final approval to their map.
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Democrats wanted someone to ‘punch back.’ They got him when California Gov. Newsom took on Texas

Democrats are searching for a leader to take on President Trump. Gov. Gavin Newsom embraced that role with new online trolling and a proposed gerrymander to counter a GOP power play in Texas.

Abbott scores big win in redistricting battle as Texas Democrats' blockade collapses

While Gov. Greg Abbott blasted through a Democratic blockade and advanced a new congressional map, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is eying a new map in his state.

Even at the grocery store, Texas troopers don’t let Democrats out of sight after walkout

Texas Democrats are joining a colleague who can't leave the state Capitol because she won't agree to having law enforcement officers shadow her.

National poll: Majority of Democrats back California’s effort to counter Texas despite claims of hating gerrymandering

Democratic voters loathe partisan redistricting, but support California doing it to counter Texas, according to a new national poll on Gavin Newsom’s high-stakes gerrymander.

Some Texas Democrats rip up agreements to leave House floor under police escort and will spend night in chamber in protest

Several Texas state House Democrats ripped up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort and returned to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus announced.
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