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Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas’ new congressional map into law Friday, celebrating in a social media video that the state is “now more red in the United States Congress.” Abbott’s signature concludes the legislative portion of this unusual mid-decade redistricting effort, which started earlier this summer when President Donald Trump …

The Republican-controlled Texas Senate approved new congressional maps early Saturday, a plan designed to expand the party’s majority in Washington and reshape political power in the nation’s second-largest state. The maps, pushed by Gov. Greg Abbott and cheered on by President Donald Trump, will take effect once Abbott signs the …

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, announced Thursday he is running for Texas attorney general, entering a high-stakes Republican primary to replace Ken Paxton. Paxton himself is running for United States Senate. Roy, a conservative firebrand and policy chair of the House Freedom Caucus, previously served as Paxton’s top deputy before …

The Republican-led Texas House on Wednesday approved a new congressional map crafted to hand five additional U.S. House seats to the GOP over fierce opposition from Democrats, who cast the plan as a racially discriminatory attempt by President Donald Trump to stack the deck in next year’s midterm election. The …

A group of Texas House Democrats plan to stage an overnight sit-in at the State Capitol on Tuesday, joining Rep. Nicole Collier in refusing law enforcement escorts required by Republican leaders after they broke quorum to block GOP-drawn congressional maps. Collier, a seven-term Democrat from Fort Worth, spent Monday night …

A Texas Democrat is escalating the standoff over redistricting by refusing to leave the statehouse chamber under Republican-imposed conditions. State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth announced Monday that she would remain locked inside the chamber until the Texas House reconvenes on Wednesday morning. The move follows a demand from …

The Texas House on Monday gaveled in with a quorum for the first time in two weeks as Democratic lawmakers returned to Austin, ending a walkout over a GOP mid-decade redistricting plan and paving the way for the map’s passage. “We killed the corrupt special session, withstood unprecedented surveillance and …

Texas House Democrats who left the state in protest of proposed congressional redistricting said Thursday they will return to the state after the Legislature adjourns Friday and California’s state lawmakers introduce a retaliatory redistricting map in their state assembly. In a statement, members of the minority party said their lawyers …

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday urged California lawmakers to approve a November ballot measure that would allow Democrats to bypass the state’s independent redistricting commission and redraw the state’s congressional map, framing the move as a direct response to Republican-led mid-decade redistricting efforts in Texas. The proposal, called the Election …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is preparing to open a new political front in the national fight over congressional maps, threatening to redraw districts in his state to offset a Republican-led redistricting push in Texas. Newsom’s office announced plans for a “major state announcement” Thursday, signaling that California Democrats may take …

Fueled by President Donald Trump’s aims to bolster the U.S. House’s razor-thin GOP majority in the 2026 midterm elections, a rare mid-decade redistricting fight in Texas grew increasingly bitter in recent days and engulfed other states. As Democratic legislators in the Lone Star State fled to block a new congressional map, …

FBI Director Kash Patel has agreed to assist in efforts to locate and potentially detain Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block passage of Republican-drafted congressional maps, Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday. The Democrats left the state to deny the Texas House a quorum — a procedural tactic …

A push by Texas Republicans to redraw congressional districts and lock in five more GOP seats has triggered a coast-to-coast political firestorm, as red and blue states alike move to reshape the U.S. House map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections — years before the next census. The escalation began …

Gov. Greg Abbott informed Texas House Democrats late Sunday that he would attempt to have them removed from office if they do not return to Austin to pass the GOP’s proposed new congressional maps. The Republican governor’s late-night missive came after more than 50 Democrats left the state Sunday afternoon …

Texas Democratic lawmakers fled the state Sunday in a bid to block passage of a new congressional map designed to give the GOP five additional seats in the U.S. House next year, raising the stakes in what’s poised to be a national fight over redistricting ahead of next year’s midterm …