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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.

USA TODAY on MSN · 22h

Trump says Republicans are 'entitled' to more congressional seats in Texas

President Donald Trump defended Republican efforts to redraw Texas' congressional maps that would add five GOP seats, saying Democratic-leaning states have also used gerrymandering to tilt the scales in their party's favor.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Texas Governor Vows to Replace Democrats Absent at Monday Redistricting Vote

The more than 50 Democratic members of the Texas legislature left the state on Sunday to deny Republicans the quorum necessary to vote on the redistricting plan, which President Donald Trump has championed,

Democrats, Abbott and Texas Gov

FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth · 3h

Gov. Abbott orders arrest of Texas Democrats in legislative standoff

Texas Democrats have fled the state to block a vote on a new redistricting map. Gov. Abbott has ordered their arrest, stalling critical legislation and raising legal questions.

CBS News on MSN · 10h

Texas Gov. Abbott orders civil arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled state

Texas Republican lawmakers returned to the Capitol without Democrats, who fled to block a vote on a GOP-drawn congressional map.

MSNBC · 11h

Texas Gov. Abbott files lawsuit to remove state House Democratic Caucus chair

Texas Supreme Court to remove state Rep. Gene Wu from office after Wu and other Democrats left the state to delay Republican efforts to redraw congressional district lines. The lawsuit from Abbott, a Republican,

News Nation on MSN12h

Texas Dems have legal right to leave state: State party chair

Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison (R) claimed Monday the Republican Party will “never have the White House again” if Democrats ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN9h

Gov. Greg Abbott asks Texas Supreme Court to expel House Democratic leader who left state

Greg Abbott on Tuesday asked the Texas Supreme Court to remove Houston Rep. Gene Wu, chair of the House Democratic Caucus, ...

13hon MSN

Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

20h

DNC chair says Texas redistricting will be fought with 'every option on the table'

Texas House Democrats taking refuge in Illinois to break a legislative quorum in their home state, along with Democratic ...

2hon MSN

Texas state Democrat apologizes for comparing GOP redistricting plan to the Holocaust

Democratic Texas State Rep. Jolanda Jones invoked the Holocaust while discussing state Democrats like herself fleeing the state to avoid a vote on redistricting.

1don MSN

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 ...

1don MSN

Rising Democratic star leads Texas exodus over voting maps dispute

Texas State Rep. James Talarico leads Democratic exodus to Illinois, risking arrest and fines to stop mid-decade ...

7hon MSN

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sues to remove House Democratic leader amid redistricting battle

Gov. Greg Abbott filed an emergency petition with the Texas Supreme Court to have Rep. Gene Wu removed from office.

15h

Texas Republicans could have a hard time enforcing threats against Democrats who left

Dozens of Texas Democrats had barely left the state to stall a vote on a redrawn congressional map when Republicans started ...

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