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How the Texas redistricting fight is spilling over to other states

Here's how Texas Republicans' plans to redraw its congressional map mushroomed into a multi-state standoff over the past week.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 14h

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 financial and political risk in their bid to block the GOP plan.

The New York Times · 2d

The Texas Redistricting Fight, Explained

Here is why Democrats in the Texas House left the state, why Republicans in the Legislature want to redraw political maps and why other states are involved.

Texas, Republicans and House

ABC News on MSN · 21h

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 Washington Post on MSN · 16h

Trump says Republicans are ‘entitled’ to 5 more seats in Texas redistricting

President Donald Trump said Republicans deserve to redraw the Texas electoral map. “I got the highest vote in the history of Texas, as you probably know. And we are entitled to five more seats,” he said Tuesday in an interview with CNBC.

USA Today · 19h

See how Texas redistricting maps could gain Trump more Republican seats in the House

Trump would benefit from more Texas Republicans in the House for the 2026 midterm election. Texas' redistricting plan could give him what he wants.

Texas, Houston and Democrat

Chron on MSN · 17h

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

Greg Abbott has raised the stakes in a heightening political showdown-calling for the removal of Texas Rep. Gene Wu (D- Houston) from office. Wu was one of dozens Democratic lawmakers who fled the state last week to halt a vote on proposed redistricting measures.

FOX 7 Austin on MSN · 10h

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.

CBS News · 16h

Democrats absent from Texas House, breaking quorum for 2nd day in a row in effort to block redistricting vote

Texas democrats’ absence delays redistricting vote amid political showdown 03:44. The Texas House reconvened Tuesday afternoon in Austin after Democratic lawmakers fled the stat

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Texas House Democrats evacuated from hotel in Illinois after bomb threat

Texas House Democrats in Illinois to block GOP redistricting were evacuated from their hotel Wednesday morning due to a bomb ...

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Denying quorum has been a Texas political strategy since 1870

While the Democrats could technically derail the GOP’s redistricting map, such efforts have been largely symbolic and had ...

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Can Texas Gov. Greg Abbott remove Democratic lawmakers who left the state over redistricting?

Gov. Greg Abbott said he's ordered the Texas DPS to "locate, arrest and return to the House chamber any member who has ...

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Trump-led Texas redistricting gambit ignites national arms race to control Congress

The escalating political fight over the Texas congressional map is spreading across other states across the country, ...

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Texas House Democrats evacuated from Illinois hotel after bomb threat

The lawmakers are among the group that fled the state to prevent a Republican-backed redistricting plan from coming to a vote ...

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Texas Gov. Abbott sues to remove alleged "ringleader" of Democratic walkout from office amid redistricting showdown

Abbott filed an emergency petition with the Texas Supreme Court to have Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, the Democratic Caucus Chair, removed from office.

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