Tag Archives: redistricting

Vance urges “decisive action” on GOP redistricting efforts  Axios ‘It’s high season for hypocrisy’: The godfather of the Indiana GOP slams Trump’s redistricting push  Politico JD Vance hid in tunnels, but protesters made their voices heard | Opinion  IndyStar Trump officials eye Indiana as redistricting war intensifies  The Hill Republicans are full steam ahead on redistricting — and not just in Texas  Politico Source link

Democrats try to separate their tactical use of redistricting from that of Republicans  Politico Colbert confronts Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker with map gerrymandered Illinois  Fox News Gov. JB Pritzker: FBI can’t arrest Texas lawmakers sheltering in Illinois  STLPR Opinion | The Democratic Protectorate of Illinois  The Wall Street Journal Illinois’ JB Pritzker Reacts to Possibility of FBI Arresting Texas Democrats  Newsweek Source link

Facebook Tweet Email Link Sen. Bernie Sanders says Democratic governors have “no choice” but to redraw congressional maps in response to Texas Republicans’ redistricting plan – which the Vermont independent describes as an attempt by President Donald Trump to “rig the system.” “What we have now is a terrible situation, and Republicans are making it worse. Well, what are you …

As Texas Republicans battle with state House Democrats, who fled to block the GOP’s ability to pass new congressional maps, there’s an intraparty skirmish proceeding just as fiercely on the sidelines: the state’s contentious Republican Senate primary. Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is challenging Cornyn in a primary, have spent the last week making appeals …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the man he is vying to unseat in next year’s Republican primary, US Sen. John Cornyn, are both using the powers of their offices to try to pressure Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to prevent a vote on a GOP-led redistricting plan. Paxton on Friday said he was asking …

Playbook: California’s redistricting reality  Politico California launches redistricting fight to ‘nullify’ Texas GOP plan, with Dems poised to gain 5 seats  Fox News Why Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley wants to stop the national fight over redistricting | Here & Now  WBUR California Democrats Back Newsom Plan to Redraw Congressional Maps for 2026  KQED California backs absent Texas Democrats as redistricting fight escalates  The Guardian Source …

The battle over redistricting in Texas has been one of the biggest stories in politics over the past week. Republicans in the Lone Star State are hoping to approve new congressional maps that could secure the GOP five additional seats in the House of Representatives if they’re in place in time for the 2026 midterms. That plan is stalled at …

What can the FBI do in Texas redistricting fight? Not much, experts say.  The Washington Post Opinion | What Greg Abbott and the Texas GOP can learn from Wisconsin in 2011  The Washington Post Party of ‘crazies’: Dems comply with outrageous redistricting stunts due to primary threats, state rep says  Fox News Paxton and Cornyn, facing off for Senate, use their official powers …

SACRAMENTO — California became center stage for the national political fight over House seats Friday when Gov. Gavin Newsom welcomed Democratic lawmakers from Texas who fled their home state to foil President Trump’s plans to redraw congressional districts. California lawmakers plan to respond with their own plan to gerrymander districts to favor Democrats and neutralize any Republican seats gained in Texas in …

Ken Paxton sues to remove 13 Democrats who fled Texas over redistricting  Houston Chronicle Lone Star State rivals for US Senate compete to wrangle runaway Democrats  Fox News Inside Democrats’ risky gambit to ‘fight fire with fire’ over election maps  The Washington Post Texas Democrats know they may lose redistricting protest, but hope to spark a national fight  The Texas Tribune GOP’s Texas map …