Texas GOP nears vote on new maps
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Follow here for the latest updates as the Texas House debates President Donald Trump's plan to gerrymander five new GOP congressional seats in the state.
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First domino in national redistricting fight likely to fall with Texas GOP poised for vote on maps
The Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new winnable seats for the GOP.
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Texas GOP lawmakers poised to finalize Trump-backed map after Dem redistricting walkout ends
Texas Democrats ended their walkout and returned as Republicans advance a redistricting plan that would likely create five new GOP congressional seats.
The former president lent his support to Gov. Gavin Newsom's retaliatory redistricting plan shortly before Republicans in Texas passed their bill to redraw congressional lines.
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The Texas House OK’d GOP-favored redistricting. California intends to counter with map of its own
California's Democratic Legislature is expected to counter Texas' mid-decade redraw of its congressional map with one of its own.
In a huge win for President Donald Trump, Texas lawmakers approved a congressional map that adds five new Republican districts. And California Governor Gavin Newsom responded by pushing legislation to allow his state to offset the added seats.
Democratic allies say walkout effectively drew national attention, as legislature begins second special session to pass redistricting
The California Senate on Thursday was set to act on newly drawn political maps aimed at giving Democrats five more seats in Congress, countering a partisan advantage President Donald Trump hopes to gain from a Republican redistricting plan in Texas.
A Democratic state lawmaker who fled Texas in protest of a GOP redistricting effort is asking a court to let her exit the Capitol, after she was told she needs a police escort to leave the building.