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Texas redistricting standoff escalates as Democrats head to California, face lawsuit and arrest warrants

Texas House Democrats, who fled the state to block a GOP-led redistricting plan, are now heading to California, where Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to host them. Meanwhile, Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has filed a lawsuit in Illinois to enforce arrest warrants against the lawmakers.

NBC News on MSN · 1d

Democrats draw up plans to retaliate if Republicans gerrymander Texas — but they face legal hurdles

Democrats in America's two biggest blue states are hatching plans to respond in kind to a mid-decade move by Texas to draw a friendlier House map for Republicans

POLITICO on MSN · 19h

Republicans are full steam ahead on redistricting — and not just in Texas

Redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms is at the center of the political universe this week, and Vice President JD Vance's visit to Indiana on Thursday is a big signal the White House isn't backing off the strategy anytime soon.

Texas, California and Democrats

The New York Times · 2d

California Democrats Look to Redraw House Map to Counter Texas G.O.P.

As a Texas senator summoned the F.B.I. to round up Democrats, the redistricting war that began in Texas was spreading, with California aiming at five Republican House seats.

Los Angeles Times on MSN · 11h

Powerful labor coalition backs redrawing California’s congressional map in fight with Texas and Trump

A powerful, deep-pocketed force in California politics endorsed redrawing the state's congressional maps to counter President Trump's effort to push GOP states, notably Texas, to increase his party's numbers in Congress in next year's midterm election.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Trump and Democrats turn rivals Texas and California into proxies for national power struggle

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The two most populous U.S. states — California and Texas — are grappling for political advantage ahead of the 2026 elections, setting up a national proxy war as Democrats and Republicans vie for control of Congress in the latter half of Donald Trump’s second presidency.

1hon MSN

California rushes to plan a still unscheduled election in US House seats standoff with Texas

California Democrats are rushing to schedule an election to remake U.S. House districts to counter plans to boost Republican ...

19h

Why Texas could face greater legal hurdles than California in redistricting fight

The Supreme Court has ruled that judges are powerless to review partisan gerrymandering. But courts can still enforce the ...

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Anti-gerrymandering Arnold Schwarzenegger 'monitoring' Texas redistricting

Arnold Schwarzenegger, who served as California's governor from 2003-2011, said he is "monitoring" the unfolding ...

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Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

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California's redrawn congressional districts could be bad news for these Republicans

California could add as many as five congressional districts favorable to Democrats and leave Republicans with four of the ...

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Tim Walz wants Democrats to fight Texas redistricting. Minnesota shows why that may be difficult.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz wants Democrats to be aggressive in fighting Republican efforts in Texas to redraw the state’s ...

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FBI agrees to help locate Texas Democrats who fled state to sabotage GOP redistricting plan, Cornyn says

FBI agrees to help Texas locate Democratic lawmakers who fled state to block GOP redistricting vote after Sen. John Cornyn's request to Director Kash Patel.

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Texas House Democrats evacuated from hotel in Illinois after bomb threat

Texas Democrats are in Illinois to block a vote on a new congressional map that aims to shore up Republicans power in Congress.

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