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Texas, Democrats and Greg Abbott

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled over redistricting

Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott ordered the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block a Republican redistricting plan.

Washington Examiner on MSN · 4m

Abbott ups legal, political, and personal pressure on Texas Democrats defying redistricting

Texas Democrats grapple with legal, political, and personal pressure as they protest Republican efforts to rewrite the state's congressional map before next year’s elections. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) has threatened to remove 50 or so Democrats from the Texas House who traveled to Illinois,

Reuters on MSN · 7h

Texas governor threatens arrest of Democrats absent at Monday redistricting vote

Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatened on Monday to arrest Democratic lawmakers who are using their collective absence from the state capital to prevent the legislature from adopting a Republican-backed plan for redrawing Texas congressional districts.

Texas, Democrats and California

NBC News · 7h

Texas Republicans lash out at Democrats who fled state amid redistricting fight

CONGRESSIONAL RECESS: Members of Congress have headed home for their summer recess. Several lawmakers are holding town halls tonight, including Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., Rep. Troy Carter, D-Iowa, and Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich.

Yahoo · 4h

California Democrats weigh redistricting push to counter GOP moves in Texas

California Democrats are advancing a plan to redraw the state’s congressional map before 2026, aiming to eliminate GOP seats. Governor Newsom said the move is reactive, and meant to counter Republican redistricting efforts in Texas.

Los Angeles Daily News · 10h

California redistricting would be ‘triggered’ by Texas, Newsom says

Texas Republicans continue with their plan to redraw congressional district lines to help President Donald Trump ‘s quest to add more Republicans to the House. Newsom vehemently warned that California will “fight fire with fire” with redistricting — but said it would only be contingent on what happens in Texas.

Texas, Democrats and Block

Associated Press News on MSN · 16h

Why dozens of Democrats left Texas and how Republicans want to punish them

Dozens of Democratic state lawmakers in Texas have scattered to points across the country in a last-ditch effort to prevent Republicans from adopting U.S.

The Washington Post · 10h

Why are Democrats fleeing Texas to block redistricting plans, and what’s next?

A plan to change Texas’s congressional map could help Republicans keep control of the U.S. House in the 2026 midterms. State Democrats hope to stall it.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Texas Democrats Fleeing State to Block Redistricting Vote Follows Strategy That's Had Mixed Results

Texas Democrats have fled the state in an effort to keep Republicans from approving a new U.S. House map that could boost their slim congressional majority next year

17hon MSN

Hochul declares 'war' amid Republican redistricting battle in Texas

The political skirmish over redistricting comes as the administration of President Donald J. Trump seeks to flip five ...

10hon MSN

California could slash 5 GOP US House seats to counter Texas’ move to pad Republican margin

California Democrats are weighing new political maps that could slash five Republican-held House seats in the liberal-leaning ...

17m

Texas showdown: Warrants, expulsion threats ratchet up fight

Abbott issues warrants for fleeing Dems ▪ Trump faces GOP skeptics on economy ▪ MTG on her place in the Republican Party ▪ How will tariffs affect ...

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.

11hon 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 ...

11h

Texas GOP Map Could Weaken Black, Latino Voting Power in 2026

Texas Democrats on Monday prevented — for now — the chamber from continuing with a congressional map that would aggressively ...

16hon MSN

Texas Republican district attorney posts video smoking weed to protest prohibition

A Republican district attorney in West Texas embarked on a highly public campaign to protest the state’s ban on marijuana: ...

22hon MSN

Maddow Blog | Texas Democrats leave the state, hope to derail Republicans’ radical redistricting scheme

Ahead of a vote on the Republicans' radical redistricting gambit, Texas Democrats played their final card: They fled the ...

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