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Abbott scores big win in redistricting battle as Texas Democrats' blockade collapses

Texas House Democrats accused the GOP of crafting a map that was illegal and racially discriminatory, and they tried and failed on the House floor to add amendments to the bill that would have halted...

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Texas Republicans aim for final passage of redistricting after California Democrats' counterpunch

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Democratic state senator vows filibuster as Texas GOP redistricting bill nears final vote

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Texas Senate Advances Redistricting as California Legislature Joins Race

A Republican-led committee of the Texas Senate voted 5 to 3 on Thursday to advance the state’s new congressional map, drawn to flip as many as five U.S. House seats to the Republicans, pushing Presid...

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California lawmakers swiftly pass Democrats' redistricting plan

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Texas House Approves Redistricting Map, Just as Trump Wanted

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Explainer-The legal battles over redistricting in Texas and California

Texas Democrats and voting rights groups are focusing on a claim that the map unconstitutionally packs Black and Latino voters - who are driving Texas’ population growth - into some districts while s...

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California Gov. Newsom signs legislation calling special election on redrawn congressional map

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Watch live: Texas Senate takes up GOP congressional map, last stop before Abbott’s desk

Greg Abbott, Texas and redistricting

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Texas Republicans are proposing stiff new penalties for quorum breakers after redistricting delay

Abbott, who is seeking court action that would effectively strip House Democratic leader Gene Wu of Houston of his office for the recent action, recently expanded the special session agenda and asked...

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Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott doesn't think California's redistricting map will hold up in court

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Gov. Greg Abbott asks for new penalties for lawmakers who flee to halt legislative sessions

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What to know about the legal battles over redistricting in Texas and California

Texas lawmakers approved a new congressional map this week at the behest of President Donald Trump, seeking to preserve his Republican Party's slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in the November 2026 midterm elections.

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NYT columnist claims Trump and Abbott’s Texas redistricting plans are 'mustard gas on our democracy'

New York Times columnist David Brooks compared Trump's Texas redistricting efforts to 'mustard gas' on democracy, criticizing both parties' gerrymandering tactics.

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Texas redistricting fight shakes up battle lines for both parties in key US Senate race

Just as Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Colin Allred was holding a town hall near the Mexican border as part of an “unrig Texas” campaign tour, the state’s Democratic fundraising powerhouse Beto O’Rourke rallied support in Austin for lawmakers who left the state to delay a redistricting plan led by President Donald Trump.

California is set to act fast after Texas advances congressional maps to boost Republicans

The national redistricting battle enters its next phase as California Democrats are scheduled to pass a new congressional map that creates five winnable seats for their party.