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Texas Democrats prepare final show of resistance against Republican-backed redrawn maps

Texas Democrats prepared for a final show of resistance against a Republican effort to redraw the state’s congressional maps ...
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Texas House approves GOP congressional map after two-week delay from Democrats’ walkout

Republican lawmakers are pursuing the unusual mid-decade redistricting plan amid pressure from President Donald Trump to ...

Texas Democrats Stay in State Capitol to Protest Mandatory Monitoring

Rep. Nicole Collier is one of dozens of Democrats who fled Texas earlier this month to block a vote on a Trump-backed ...

Democrat Lloyd Doggett won’t seek reelection if courts don’t overturn Texas redistricting

Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett will no longer run for reelection to his seat if Republicans' redrawn House map isn't shot down in ...

Texas Democrats Have A Plan To Disrupt The Trump-Approved Congressional Map

If everything goes Democrats’ way, Trump’s demands for five seats in Texas to mitigate losses elsewhere may not materialize.
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Democrats wanted someone to ‘punch back.’ They got him when California Gov. Newsom took on Texas

Democrats are searching for a leader to take on President Trump. Gov. Gavin Newsom embraced that role with new online ...

Texas Democrat who rails against billionaire cash takes $59K from Trump-backing megadonor

James Talarico's office defended accepting Republican billionaire funds while proposing a $10,000 cap on campaign ...

Democratic Texas state Sen. Carol Alvarado outfitted with catheter, urine bag for redistricting bill filibuster

Urine for a long night. Texas Democratic state Sen. Carol Alvarado announced plans Friday to filibuster a Republican-led ...