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The Texas Tribune on MSNTexas leaders have repeatedly claimed the state’s voting maps are race blind. Until the Trump DOJ disagreed.Gov. Greg Abbott has acknowledged DOJ concerns that some districts were drawn “along strict racial lines.” Critics say it’s a political ploy.
State Republican lawmakers will try to grow the GOP's control of Texas' seats in Congress through rare mid-decade redistricting this summer. However,
The Senate GOP’s campaign committee swung at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Thursday after news broke that his wife, Angela Paxton, had filed for divorce. “What Ken Paxton has put his family through is truly repulsive and disgusting,
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New York Magazine on MSNTrump Pushes Texas Republicans Into Risky Midterms Power GrabIt’s going to be tough for the GOP to hang on to the House. But tilting the map via redistricting in Texas and Ohio could help.
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'Running scared': Texas Democrat slams state GOP for considering redrawing congressional mapsRepublican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that tackling redrawing the state's congressional maps would be part of an special legislative session later this summer as Republicans seek to hold on to their narrow U.
The U.S.’ Federal Emergency Management Agency, meanwhile, is set to lose $664 million of funding from the Republican party’s so-called “big, beautiful bill” which passed on Thursday after President Donald Trump previously announced he was planning to “wean off FEMA” after this year’s hurricane season ends.
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As Texas Republicans prepare to redraw the state's congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, cautionary tales loom from past redistricting efforts that saw the state’s rapid demographic change collide with far-reaching partisan gerrymandering.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who has not announced a Senate run, leads by double digits against a Democrat who recently ran for Senate.