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Assessing Redistricting Claims from Texas, New York Governors

In the battle over Texas’ redistricting plan to pick up Republican House seats, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Texas Gov.

Texas Democrats say they'll return to Austin under two conditions that could shake up the redistricting battle

If those conditions are met, the Texas House Democratic Caucus said Democratic lawmakers will return to the Texas House.

Obama praises Texas Democrats and calls state redistricting effort ‘a systematic assault on democracy’

Former President Barack Obama waded into the debate over redistricting in a zoom call with Texas House Democrats on Thursday, ...

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.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls second special session as Democrats continue holdout over redistricting vote

Abbott called a second special session after the House again failed to reach a quorum amid a Democratic walkout over a ...

How Yuba-Sutter is in the crosshairs of Texas and CA redistricting beef

Voters in Yuba-Sutter could soon swap representatives for the third time since 2020 as the majority-conservative area enters ...

Texas Senate approves congressional redistricting map

The Texas Senate voted 19-2 along party lines on Tuesday to approve a congressional redistricting map that is identical to a ...

New poll shows Texas voters are divided on Trump’s redistricting plan to boost GOP

The new Emerson College poll found that 36% of Texas voters supported the proposal to redraw Texas’ congressional districts ...