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Inside Texas Democrats’ plan to seek refuge with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a possible 2028 presidential candidate, took in Texas Democrats who fled their state to block a ...

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 ...

Texas GOP AG says prosecuting Democrats who fled state will be a 'challenge'

Texas governor says he wants to oust and replace Democratic lawmakers who fled the state, but that might be a challenge and ...

Why the Texas Redistricting Plan Caused Democrats to Flee and Could Help Trump in the Midterms

Redistricting typically occurs once per decade in each state following the census. But Texas Republicans broke that tradition ...

Abbott says blue-state gerrymandering ‘distorted’ US politics after Democrats flee Texas

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) defended his state’s controversial redistricting move as necessary, given the Democrats’ own ...

Texas Democrats ready to stay in Illinois 'as long as it takes’ to fight GOP congressional maps

The Texas quorum-breakers met in west suburban Warrenville alongside members of Congress from Illinois and Texas on Monday ...

Trump administration live updates: Texas Republicans lash out at Democrats who fled state amid redistricting fight

Two victims of Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sex offender, ripped the federal government for appearing to be more ...

With Democrats Gone, a Texas Gerrymander Is Stymied for Now

New York’s governor welcomed state legislators who fled Texas to thwart a Republican gerrymander but said she would try to ...