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Texas, Democrats and the redistricting plan

Can Texas Gov. Greg Abbott remove Democratic lawmakers who left the state over redistricting?

Gov. Greg Abbott said he's ordered the Texas DPS to "locate, arrest, and return to the House chamber any member who has abandoned their duty to Texans."

Reuters on MSN · 57m

Texas governor orders arrest of Democrats absent at Monday redistricting vote

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered Democratic lawmakers to be brought back to the state capital after they left Texas in a bid to prevent voting on a Republican plan to redraw the state's congressional districts.

Iowa Public Radio · 12m

Texas Democrats walked out to block a law. How well has the tactic worked before?

Dozens of Texas Democrats left the state to protest a redistricting map, facing potentially steep consequences. Lawmaker walkouts have had mixed success in the past — so what is there to gain?

Texas, Governor of New York and GOP|Republicans

CBS News on MSN · 3h

Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP redistricting plan; Republicans vote on arrest warrants

Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday, aiming to delay a plan to redraw the state's congressional map and give the GOP a bigger edge — an idea blessed by President Trump.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 7h

New York Retaliates Against Texas Republicans’ Mid-Decade Redistricting Plan

Kathy Hochul and other state leaders said they would begin the process of redistricting in New York to benefit Democrats in response to Texas Republicans’ plans to alter that state’s congressional map ahead of schedule to create more GOP seats.

Newsweek on MSN · 7h

New York declares "war" in response to Texas GOP redistricting plan

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was joined on Monday by Texas Democrats who left the state to prevent a vote to redraw U.S. House maps.

Texas, Democrats and House

Chicago Tribune · 58m

Texas House Democrats urge blue states to redraw congressional lines to counter Texas GOP

The call to action follows the currently stymied effort by the Texas GOP to redraw the state’s congressional map to try to flip five districts to Republicans in 2026.

Las Vegas Sun · 1h

Democrats prevent Texas House from moving forward with Trump-backed congressional map

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn congressional map sought by President Donald Trump

Yahoo · 4h

Here are the Texas House Democrats who are breaking quorum

At least 51 Democratic representatives in the Texas House left Texas Sunday to block a vote Monday on redrawn maps of the state's U.S. congressional districts.

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Texas issues arrest warrants for Democrats who fled state to avoid districts vote

Texas has issued arrest warrants for the Democrats who fled the state in order to block Donald Trump’s effort to implement ...

11hon MSN

DNC Chairman Ken Martin: "This Is Not The Democratic Party Of Your Grandfather," "We're Bringing A Knife To A Knife Fight"

Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin told CNN host Phil Mattingly that President Donald Trump, Gov. Greg Abbott ...

49mon MSN

Redistricting clash escalates in Texas after Democrats scatter, denying state House a quorum

Democratic lawmakers fled to Illinois and other states Sunday in a bid to deny Republicans a quorum when the state House ...

19mon MSN

Texas dispute highlights nation's long history of partisan gerrymandering. Is it legal?

A spat over congressional redistricting in Texas marks the latest episode in a long national history of gerrymandering.

12h

Texas showdown comes to Illinois

REBELS WITH A CAUSE: In an extraordinary show of political defiance, more than 30 Texas House Democrats packed their bags ...

5don MSN

Texas Republicans unveil congressional map giving them a chance to pick up 5 seats

The proposal would redraw district lines in ways that target current Democratic members of Congress in districts in South ...

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