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Texas, Republicans

Texas redistricting: What's at stake as Republicans aim to pick up 5 House seats

President Donald Trump claimed Republicans are "entitled to five more seats" in Texas, where a redistricting battle is playing out among state lawmakers.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 8h

Live redistricting updates: Trump says Republicans “entitled” to more Texas seats

Most Texas House Democrats remain out of the state, depriving the Legislature of its ability to pass new congressional maps and other GOP priorities.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 6d

Texas Republicans unveil redistricting map to expand GOP foothold by 5 seats, including 1 in Houston

The biggest proposed changes are in Houston, the Dallas-area, Austin and South Texas, where several districts currently held by Democrats are remade to be more favorable to Republican candidates,

Texas, Democrats and Quorum

Yahoo · 9h

Breaking Quorum: Texas Democrats speak out in Illinois over redistricting maps

Local along with Texas democratic leaders are breaking quorum in protest over the redrawing of Texas' congressional maps. They claim that it the new maps are a mandate to Texas from President Donald Trump rather than what the residents of Texas want.

The New York Times · 2h

California Democrats Look to Redraw House Map to Counter Texas G.O.P.

As a Texas senator summoned the F.B.I. to round up Democrats, the redistricting war that began in Texas was spreading, with California aiming at five Republican House seats.

FOX 7 Austin on MSN · 58m

Texas redistricting: Political stakes increase in day two of Democrat quorum break

For the second day, there weren't enough lawmakers in the Texas House to debate a congressional redistricting map. As state Democrats continue with their holdout, there's now a hard deadline that could result in their removal from office.

Texas, Democrats and Gov. Greg Abbott

Hosted on MSN · 1h

Texas governor seeks court order to fire top Democrat who fled in row over voting map

"There must be consequences," says the governor as Democrats insist they will not return to Texas.

HuffPost · 1h

Abbott Asks Texas Supreme Court To Remove Democratic Leader From Office

In a significant escalation of his spat with Texas Democrats who left the state to stop a controversial redistricting vote, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has asked the Texas Supreme Court to remove Rep. Gene Wu,

Houston Chronicle · 2h

Texas governor asks court to remove Houston rep from office over breaking quorum

Representative Wu and the other Texas House Democrats have shown a willful refusal to return, and their absence f

17mon MSN

'Mess with Texas' banners fly over several states as redistricting showdown looms

The "Mess with Texas" banners flew over Albany, Annapolis, Augusta, Trenton, Springfield and Sacramento, according to Politico. They were spearheaded by "an anonymous group of self-described democracy ...

Texas House hosts redistricting hearing | Houston districts face major changes

The Texas House will hold a public hearing Friday on contentious redistricting maps reshaping Houston-area districts.

KERA News2h

Texas House quorum break grinds special session to a halt, leaving legislative future uncertain

A growing quorum break in the Texas Legislature is halting progress in both chambers, delaying all legislative activity as ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN11h

The Texas redistricting fight spurring a legislative standoff: What you need to know

Texas Republicans are trying to redraw congressional districts to pick up five additional U.S. House seats. Democrats face ...

1don MSN

How Texas’ redistricting effort is having major implications across the US

The outcome of the political battle over Texas’ redistricting effort is already having major implications across the country.

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