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Whether it’s Texas Republicans seeking to gerrymander congressional boundaries or Illinois Democrats preserving their control to set state legislative boundaries, power brokers are notorious for ...
In Texas and beyond, the party has adopted a newly combative posture following months of internal conversations. Now, they ...
Over a dozen states are locked in a standoff over the maps that could decide which party takes control of Congress in 2027.
It’s a jagged, narrow strip of territory with no obvious rhyme or reason as it traverses six counties. It’s less a ...
As Texas House Democrats hunker down in Illinois to try to stop a Republican-led redistricting plan in their state, national ...
Less than 20% of Americans live in a state where the minority party has a meaningful voice in governance.
But sometimes the effort backfires: In trying to maximize their seats, a party spreads its voters too thin and fails to make some districts safe enough. These vulnerable districts can then flip to the ...
TM: There’s been a lot of legal threats swirling around this, from Ken Paxton, John Cornyn, Donald Trump, Greg Abbott. How ...
Most members of the House Democratic Caucus fled the state this week in an attempt to stall a Trump-ordered gerrymander. We tried to talk to the few who stayed.
Texas Republicans are planning to escalate their efforts to end a weeklong holdout by Democrats if they don't return to the ...
Democrats have benefited for years from aggressive gerrymandering, but they treat Republican redistricting as a ...
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has said the chamber will reconvene at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT) to move ahead with legislative business, including redistricting.