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The Texas House OK’d GOP-favored redistricting. California intends to counter with map of its own
California's Democratic Legislature is expected to counter Texas' mid-decade redraw of its congressional map with one of its own.
With the GOP-driven redrawing of congressional boundaries about to become law, Texas Democrats move to the next stage of their fight. Was the quorum
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With redistricting, Texas Democratic Party Chair fighting a battle on two fronts
They already have more power than the vote totals justify,” Scudder said. “This isn’t about fairness — it’s about locking in control.”
Under normal circumstances, the former president would not back a Democratic plan for mid-decade redistricting. But these are not normal circumstances.
Texas Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier abruptly left a call with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other party members after she was told she was committing a felony.
Incumbent presidents' parties typically lose House seats in midterms, which can block their legislative agendas.
Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety.
The chairman of the state Democratic Party said the lawmakers “are coming back to fight these racist maps in the legislature and then in the courts.”
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