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Texas redistricting fight spurring a legislative standoff

USA TODAY on MSN · 6h

How the Texas redistricting fight is spilling over to other states

Here's how Texas Republicans' plans to redraw its congressional map mushroomed into a multi-state standoff over the past week.

KLST San Angelo on MSN · 1h

Expert breaks down politics behind Texas redistricting battle

Have questions over redistricting? We talked with an expert from UofH to gain a clearer understanding of what’s happening ‘between the lines’ of this historical time in Texas

The New York Times · 2d

The Texas Redistricting Fight, Explained

Here is why Democrats in the Texas House left the state, why Republicans in the Legislature want to redraw political maps and why other states are involved.

Texas, Republicans and House

ABC News on MSN · 1d

Texas redistricting: What's at stake as Republicans aim to pick up 5 House seats

President Donald Trump claimed Republicans are "entitled to five more seats" in Texas, where a redistricting battle is playing out among state lawmakers.

The Washington Post on MSN · 20h

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.

USA Today · 23h

See how Texas redistricting maps could gain Trump more Republican seats in the House

Trump would benefit from more Texas Republicans in the House for the 2026 midterm election. Texas' redistricting plan could give him what he wants.

Texas redistricting battle escalates

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 22h

Greg Abbott sues to remove Houston lawmaker for leading redistricting quorum break

The lawsuit alleges Gene Wu forfeited his office when he led the Democratic House caucus in fleeing the state over redistricting.

CBS News on MSN · 18h

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

Abbott filed an emergency petition with the Texas Supreme Court to have Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, the Democratic Caucus Chair, removed from office.

ABC News on MSN · 5h

Texas redistricting battle escalates as Abbott asks court to remove top Democrat

The redistricting battle in Texas continues to escalate as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott urged the state Supreme Court to remove state Rep. Gene Wu, the chairman of the Texas House Democratic caucus. Abbott argued that Wu has "forfeited" his office by fleeing the state along with other Democratic lawmakers to prevent the quorum necessary for Texas House to vote on enacting the new GOP-proposed congressional map -- with Republican control of the U.

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Then-Sen. John Whitmire restored quorum in 2003, allowing mid-century GOP redistricting of Texas

A coalition of Texas Democrats recently fled to Chicago to block a similar redistricting effort by Republican lawmakers.

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Commentary: Hochul calls Texas redistricting a 'legal insurrection'

Since Donald Trump’s rise, Republicans have declared war on the American people. They slashed health care, gutted nutrition ...

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Texas House Democrats evacuated from hotel in Illinois after bomb threat

Texas House Democrats in Illinois to block GOP redistricting were evacuated from their hotel Wednesday morning due to a bomb ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN10d

Texas House redistricting committee’s Houston hearing draws criticism over absence of maps

Democratic members slammed the process, questioning why hearings were happening before maps were available for review. Chair ...

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