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Texas Democrat Nicole Collier still locked in the capitol for refusing surveillance escort
The police escorts are meant to monitor the Democrats to ensure they don’t break quorum again.
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House Democrats unable to move freely after return to Texas capitol. So one Democrat refuses to move.
Democrats must obtain DPS escorts and permission slips to leave the House chamber. State Rep. Nicole Collier refused and is still there.
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House Democrats return to Texas to build legal case against redrawn maps in second session
After California announced new maps, Texas Democrats said they have launched ‘phase two’ of their fight against redistricting.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls another special session amid Trump redistricting battle
The new session is already underway, with both sides of the aisle accusing the other of neglecting flood victims as the redistricting stalemate continues.
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Texas Democrats say they’ll return to Austin once California unveils its redrawn congressional map
Democrat-controlled California is expected to make its map public on Friday.
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Texas House Speaker sets up tip line so people can snitch on Democrats who broke quorum
It would be a real shame if anyone was to repeatedly call the number and waste the time of state authorities.
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Texas voters aren’t OK with the state GOP’s redistricting scheme, new poll shows
More than 60% of Texas’ likely midterm voters oppose letting the legislature redraw the state’s political maps, and more than half strongly oppose.
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Ken Paxton asks judge to jail Beto O’Rourke for fundraising Texas Dems’ walkout
Paxton sued O’Rourke and his political group, Powered by People, last week, arguing that the group was deceptively fundraising for and illegally supporting Texas Democrats’ walkout.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott accuses Rep. Jasmine Crockett of racism after she objects to redistricting plan
‘It wouldn’t be a day ending in “Y” if Jasmine Crockett didn’t say something racist,’ Abbott said on Fox News without offering proof.
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Texas redistricting standoff complicates preparations for March 2026 primary
New maps would mean months of work for election officials, and key deadlines are approaching.
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San Antonio activists send message to quorum-breaking Texas Democrats
Texas House Democrats must stay away until Aug. 19 to run down the clock on the current legislative session.
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San Antonio FBI agents helping Sen. John Cornyn locate Texas House Democrats … he claims
Texas House Dems say “Come and take it.” It remains to be seen whether anyone can.
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Can anything halt the gerrymandering arms race?
Texas Dem quorum-breakers are seeking to protect voter rights nationwide, but they’re likely engaged in little more than a perfunctory game of chicken.
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Beto O’Rourke’s political group is a top funder for Texas Democrats’ exodus to block GOP congressional map
The former El Paso congressman also contributed to House Democrats’ 2021 quorum break. A PAC backed by Democratic donor George Soros is also involved in this year’s effort.
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Texas Attorney General Paxton will ask courts to vacate Democratic lawmakers’ seats
Legal experts say it’s “inconsistent with the Texas Constitution” to argue a quorum break qualifies as abandoning an office.
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Flood relief, THC regulation and more in limbo after House Democrats leave Texas
Democrats fled the state to stop Republicans’ attempt to redraw congressional districts, but bills aimed at everything from a THC product ban to bolstering flood response are now in doubt.
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Texas House issue arrest warrants for Democrats who walked out to block redistricting vote
The Republican-led move is sheerly symbolic, since the warrants are useless outside Texas and the departed Dems are now in other states.
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In draft congressional map, Texas Republicans bet big that gains with Latino voters will persist
The plan increases the share of Hispanic voters in three of the five districts targeted by the GOP, banking that enough will turn out and vote for Republicans without Donald Trump on the ballot.
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Denying quorum has been a Texas political strategy since 1870
While the Democrats could technically derail the GOP’s redistricting map, such efforts have been largely symbolic and had limited success blocking past legislation, experts say.
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Texas House panel advances redrawn congressional map that would add more GOP seats
The new district lines could be considered by the entire state House as soon as early next week.
