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Texas Democrats decamp to California as Republicans warn of more escalations

The Texas House of Representatives failed to meet a quorum on Friday as Democratic lawmakers continued their walkout to block a vote on congressional voting maps sought by President Donald Trump in a widening national battle over redistricting.

LA Times on MSN · 1h

Texas Democrats head to California as Republicans warn of more escalations over walkout

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans on Friday warned they would escalate efforts to end a nearly weeklong holdout by Democrats if they don’t return to vote on new congressional voting maps sought by President Donald Trump in a widening battle over redistricting across the U.S.

CNN on MSN · 2d

How Texas Republicans want to dismantle Democratic districts

Texas Republicans have proposed a new congressional map for the state, with the goal of flipping five Democratic seats in next year’s midterm elections.

Texas, House and California Democrats

Boston Herald · 36m

California rushes to plan a still unscheduled election in US House seats standoff with Texas

Texas and California — the two most populous U.S. states — are the leading actors in a back-and-forth push to remake the balance of power in the U.S. House, kicked off when President Donald Trump called for Texas to redraw district lines with the GOP’s fragile House majority imperiled in the upcoming 2026 midterm elections.

CBS News on MSN · 1d

As Texas pushes plan to add 5 new GOP House seats, other states may follow

The fight for control of the House in the 2026 midterm elections is underway — long before a single ballot is cast next year. Texas is fighting to enact a GOP-led redistricting effort that would give Republicans five more seats in the state and help them hold their narrow majority in the U.

CNN · 8h

Texas redistricting standoff: Democrats face deadline to return to the House

Today is the day Texas state House Speaker Dustin Burrows set as a deadline for Democrats who fled the state to return to the chamber and help establish quorum. Follow for live updates.

2hOpinion

I’m a Texas lawmaker, and this is why I left the state

Dr. Suleman Lalani is a Texas state r. In 2022, I was elected to the Texas Legislature, becoming one of its first Muslim and ...

ZNetwork on MSN4h

Texas Republicans: It’s About Power, Yes—but Also Their Radical Agenda

It turns out a precedent for today’s Texas Republicans was, well, Texas Republicans, who rigged maps in their favor in 2003 to win more U.S. House seats the next year. But it is still alarming that ...

2hon MSN

Party of 'crazies': Dems comply with outrageous redistricting stunts due to primary threats, state rep says

Texas Democrats continue exodus to liberal states over GOP redistricting as Republicans launch bribery investigations and President Donald Trump supports the redistricting push.

New York Magazine on MSN6h

Greg Abbott Is Looking Desperate to Pressure Texas Democrats

But as the conflict moved into another week, Governor Greg Abbott signaled that he would use the power of his office to keep ...

Texas Rep. Gene Wu calls Gov. Abbott's push to oust him from office 'meaningless'

Texas State Rep. Gene Wu, who fled the state with other Democrats to stop a GOP redistricting plan, is being targeted for removal from office by Gov. Greg Abbott. Wu says Abbott lacks that power.

6hon MSN

Friday deadline for Democrats to return to Texas approaches

Texas Democrat elected officials who fled the state to avoid redistricting face Gov. Greg Abbot's deadline Friday to return ...

5hon MSN

Texas Democrats Face Fines, Bribery Charges For Leaving State—Why Legal Experts Are Skeptical They’ll Be Punished

AG Ken Paxton is already going after donors funding the lawmakers’ stays out of state, and Democrats face a $500 per day fine ...

3don MSN

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

President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed Republicans are "entitled to five more seats" in Texas, where a redistricting ...

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