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Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

Healey steps into national debate over Texas redistricting map, welcomes state Democrats to Massachusetts

Governor Maura Healey hosted 10 Democratic Texas state legislators who left Texas in order to halt Republican efforts to vote ...
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House Democrats helped Dustin Burrows win the gavel. Their departure from the state marks a pivotal moment for him.

The situation is an opportunity for the speaker to bolster his credibility with the right, but he has limited tools to combat ...

Can the Out-of-State Texas Dems Be Arrested?

Trump suggested the FBI could get involved in the state standoff, but what are the actual legal repercussions of the ...

Texas House fails to reach quorum for 2nd day with state Democrats still spread across U.S.

The Texas House failed to reach a quorum for the second day in a row Tuesday as Democrats who fled remained outside the state ...

What is redistricting? Will Florida redraw maps to give Republicans more House seats?

With the president calling for Republican-led states to redistrict to hold power, will DeSantis try to change Florida's map ...

State lawmakers left en masse in a bid to block a GOP map that would tilt the playing field in Republicans’ favor.

Dozens of Texas Democratic lawmakers skipped town on Sunday in an extraordinary maneuver seeking to prevent a redistricting ...

Statue Of Escaped Slave-Turned-Congressman First Honoring A Black Person At South Carolina State House

The likeness of Robert Smalls, the escaped slave turned South Carolina lawmaker, will be remembered as the first African-American person honored with a statue at the State House at the hands of a ...