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Texas, Democrats and gerrymandering war

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 18th congressional district.

MSNBC on MSN · 13h

Obama applauds Texas Democrats for fighting back against gerrymandering

We can’t let a systematic assault on democracy just happen and stand by,” the former president said on a Zoom call with Texas Democrats.

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

Texas Democrats signal they are poised to end redistricting walkout

We're prepared to bring this battle back to Texas under the right conditions and to take this fight to the courts,” Texas House Democratic Caucus chair Gene Wu said in a statement.

California, Texas

Politico · 3m

All the details in Democrats’ California gerrymander

SACRAMENTO, California — California Democrats on Friday finalized their plan to snatch five GOP House seats next year by redrawing the state’s congressional lines, according to a copy of the new House map submitted to the Legislature on behalf of the DCCC.

The New York Times · 1d

Is California Really More Gerrymandered Than Texas? It’s Complicated.

Republicans claim California is more gerrymandered than Texas, based on a simple partisan calculation. Experts say such a comparison is one of many useful but imperfect measures to quantify gerrymandering.

Hosted on MSN · 1d

California governor announces redistricting in response to Texas gerrymandering effort

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has officially called for a special election on redistricting in retaliation against Texas Republicans, who have moved to redraw their congressional districts and further

Texas, Trump and Democrats

Opinion

MSNBC · 24m

Texas Democrats showed how to use Trump's playbook against him

For weeks, Texas Democrats have been doing everything in their power to draw national attention to a radical Republican plan to try to hang on to the House of Representatives in next year's midterms by gerrymandering the state's already heavily skewed maps even further.

RealClearPolitics · 22h

Newsom, Dems Try To Out-Trump Texas on Redistricting

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took several years, working across the aisle with Democrats and liberal-leaning nonprofits, to create an independent citizens commission to

NPR · 1d

Texas Democratic lawmakers could end their boycott and return home

Texas Democratic lawmakers say they've brought attention from California to stop a maneuver that gives the GOP an edge in the next Congressional elections. That's making them consider ending their boycott and returning to Texas.

14hon MSN

Obama claps back at critics over gerrymandering accusations in Texas redistricting battle

Barack Obama defended Democrats for launching retaliatory redistricting plans responding to Texas Republicans’ battle to redraw their state's congressional map.

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Texas dispute highlights nation’s long history of partisan gerrymandering. Is it legal?

A spat over congressional redistricting in Texas marks the latest episode in a long national history of gerrymandering.

Rep. Blake Moore, a member of GOP leadership, denounces Texas gerrymandering scheme

U.S. Rep. Blake Moore says Texas Republicans' plan to redistrict for more GOP congressional seats is a "step too far." He is ...

The New York Sun1d

Obama’s Criticism of Texas GOP’s Redistricting at Odds With His Past Support for Gerrymandering

Left-leaning ProPublica suggests that the former president ‘may have propelled his political career forward by gerrymandering ...

30mOpinion

Redrawing Texas congressional districts ‘another attack on democracy.’ A letter.

The action by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott — at the request of President Donald Trump — to redraw Texas congressional districts to ...

13hOpinion

As lawmakers in Texas and California gerrymander, voters and democracy lose

And the political theater in response to Democrats breaking quorum — Abbott ordering the civil arrest of Democratic lawmakers ...

19hOpinion

Trump isn’t the main villain in Texas’ gerrymander scheme

If you want someone to blame for the recent crisis caused by President Donald Trump’s rush to force a gerrymander of Texas’ ...

Ruling that voided Colorado's 'midnight gerrymander' prevents mid-decade redistricting | TRAIL MIX (copy)

Colorado can’t join in the frenzy currently sweeping a handful of solidly partisan states across the country whose Republican or Democratic leaders, respectively, are plotting to redraw congressional ...

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