Texas Gov. Abbott says he'll swiftly sign redistricting maps
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Texas state Rep. Gene Wu joined a private strategy call on Thursday with Democratic leaders from other GOP-led states that might also redraw their maps.
Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for legal penalties for lawmakers who impede action in the Legislature after Texas House Democrats blocked a vote on GOP redistricting for two weeks.
Texas lawmakers meet again Friday, when the Republican majority in the Senate could give final approval to their map.
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Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett, the longest serving member of Texas' congressional delegation, announced Thursday that he will retire instead of running for re-election if new congressional district boundaries aren't rejected in court,
After Texas moved forward on a new Trump-backed congressional map this week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded, "It's on," moving forward on his own redistricting plan that favors Democrats.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNTexas’ redistricting map continues advancing as Republicans try to pick up U.S. House seats
Republican lawmakers are pursuing the unusual mid-decade redistricting plan amid pressure from President Donald Trump to protect the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House.
Greg Abbott on Aug. 21 that Trump and his allies hope will give them a strategic advantage in holding on to their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. But the fight in Austin has spread beyond the state's borders and created significant uncertainty about who will be in position to govern during the second half of the Trump administration and after the next race for the White House.