Texas, redistricting hearings
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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.
Texas Republicans launched a high-risk, high-reward redrawing of the state's 38 congressional districts, a move championed by President Donald Trump to protect the party's narrow House majority in next year's midterm elections.
U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a Texas Democrat who represents a slice of the Rio Grande Valley along the border with Mexico, won his last congressional election by just over 5,000 votes. That makes him a tempting target for Republicans,
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.
Pritzker didn't rule out the thought of Illinois Democrats redrawing congressional districts to add more Democrat-leaning districts in response to Texas. TEXAS DELEGATE "We're all
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The Texas Tribune on MSNTejano singer Bobby Pulido forms exploratory committee for South Texas congressional bidThe music star is considering challenging Rep. Monica De La Cruz in a district emblematic of the GOP’s gains with Latino voters.