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Texas Republicans aim to redraw House districts at Trump’s urging, but there’s a risk
The Texas GOP knows the risk. In the 2010s, the Republican-controlled Legislature drew political lines that helped pad the GOP’s House majority. That lasted until 2018, when a backlash against Trump in his first term led Democrats to flip two seats in Texas that Republicans had thought safe.
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The Texas Legislature is back for a special session. Here’s what we’re watching.Members of the Legislature will have 30 days to work through a crowded agenda set by Gov. Greg Abbott defined largely by two ...
Actually derailing the redistricting effort, which was one of nearly 20 items added to the special session agenda by Gov.
Republicans currently hold 25 of Texas' seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, while Democrats have 13 seats.
In 2003, just three years after the decennial census, Texas Republicans developed a proposal to redraw that state’s congressional boundaries so provocative it caused 52 House Democrats to charter a ...
The party is weighing its options for battling the GOP-led effort to redraw congressional boundaries ahead of the 2026 ...
State courts certainly exist in Texas, but serve to cement egregious GOP power grabs, not prevent them. Despite California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s midnight-drunkard ramblings that his state might ...
Trump’s Justice Department gave political cover for Gov. Greg Abbott to mingle gerrymandering with disaster relief.
The agenda includes 18 legislative priorities determined by Gov. Greg Abbott, including addressing the Central Texas floods, ...
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