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The map includes redrawn districts that would help defend the Republicans' slim House majority in next year's midterms.
Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.
Texas lawmakers unveiled a proposed redistricting map this week. The map shifts several districts that are currently held by ...
The Texas House will hold a public hearing Friday on contentious redistricting maps reshaping Houston-area districts.
The walkout was a sharp escalation in the bitterly partisan clash over a congressional redistricting requested by President ...
Texas Republicans proposed a new map that could give the GOP five more seats in Congress after the 2026 midterm election.
Texas House Democrats left the state to block a vote on redistricting. It's a political strategy that dates back 150 years.
To conduct official business, at least 100 members of the 150-member Texas House must be present. Democrats hold 62 of the ...
The move effectively brings the state House of Representatives to a standstill and prevents any consideration by the full ...
In a dramatic escalation of opposition to redistricting efforts led by Republicans in Texas, the Texas Senate Democratic ...
The plan increases the share of Hispanic voters in three of the five districts targeted by the GOP, banking that enough will ...
This isn't the first time Texas politicians have fled across state lines amid legislative battles under the pink dome.