All three Democrats are either declared or potential contenders for the Senate seat on the ballot in next year's midterm elections. In what would typically be a quiet period in Texas politics, Republicans have roiled the state's 2026 Senate campaign with their rush to redraw congressional maps to give Trump more allies in Congress.

Texas Senate Democrats plan to filibuster the House-passed redistricting map during floor debate on Friday in a last-ditch effort to delay the final passage of the plan to create five new winnable seats for the GOP.

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Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for legal penalties for lawmakers who impede action in the Legislature after Texas House Democrats blocked a vote on GOP redistricting for two weeks.

Texas appears to have sparked a redistricting domino effect. Republicans in the Lone Star State forced through their gerrymandered maps Wednesday night by locking state representatives inside the Capitol until they voted on a chart that would carve out five new GOP-favorable districts and erase Democratic areas.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) just approved a new redistricting plan in response to Republican gerrymandering in Texas. Texas Rep. Nicole Collier joins The Weeknight with California Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur to discuss the ongoing fight.

Texas lawmakers approved a rare mid-decade congressional map this week that could give Republicans up to five new U.S. House seats, sparking sharp debate over race, representation and priorities at the Capitol.