Texas, Democrats and redistricting
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Texas, Trump and House Republicans
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Texas Democrats can run from Republicans' gerrymandering, but they can't hide. No walkouts, blue state redistricting or Voting Rights Act protections can thwart Trump's plot to keep the U.S. House.
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Audacy on MSNPritzker calls Texas GOP’s remap effort ‘cheating,’ doesn’t rule out Illinois responseIllinois Republicans mock Pritzker’s approval of 2021 Democrat-leaning maps. Pritzker calls Texas GOP’s remap effort ‘cheating,’ doesn’t rule out Illinois response.
Texas Republicans want to redraw the state's congressional districts to gain an advantage in next year's election. U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., says Democrats must counter or become complicit.
Trump won Ohio with 55% of the vote, but Republican politicians want to gerrymander 80% of the state’s U.S. House districts for themselves.
The Texas Republican Party rejected the results of the 2020 election, labeled being gay as “abnormal” and vowed to protect access to guns in its platform and corresponding resolutions.
The partisan breakdown of the chamber today resembles the popular vote more closely than it has in decades: Republicans, who won 50.6 percent of all votes in House races in 2024, control slightly more than half the seats. Democrats, who garnered 47.8 percent, have 49.4 percent of seats.
As Republicans prepare to tackle congressional redistricting during the special session, Democrats weigh their options.