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The Texas Democrats’ Remote Resistance

After leaving the state to block the G.O.P. from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, Democratic lawmakers are keeping ...

Texas Democrats Who Left State Plan Return to Start Legal Fight

Democratic state lawmakers who left Texas to block controversial new congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump are ...

Democrat says Texas "gerrymandering war" shows party's new fiery path

"It's imperative at this moment to use every tool that we have to fight back," Isaiah Martin, a candidate running in Texas's ...

Bomb scares and phony pizza deliveries: Democrats who fled Texas grapple with security threats

The threats reached a point where a group of state lawmakers quietly switched Chicago-area hotels and made an internal pact ...

Texas floods, redistricting fight stall summer campaign launches

Some Texas Republicans and Democrats were set to announce campaigns for 2026, but the fight over redistricting and two ...

Quorum-breaking Texas Democrats join anti-Trump protest in Millennium Park

At a Fight the Trump Takeover rally in Millennium Park, Rep. Gene Wu, the Texas House minority leader, accuses the state's ...

In Trump's redistricting push, Democrats find an aggressive identity and progressives are on board

Trump's push for states to redraw political maps and create more GOP-friendly House seats in time for the 2026 election has ...

NYT columnist claims Trump and Abbott’s Texas redistricting plans are 'mustard gas on our democracy'

New York Times columnist David Brooks compared Trump's Texas redistricting efforts to 'mustard gas' on democracy, criticizing ...