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Currently, a single party holds both a legislative majority and the governor’s office in 38 states, while two states—Kentucky ...
President Trump has claimed that Massachusetts Democrats have gerrymandered the state's districts, denying Republicans ...
Six Texas state Democrats appeared in Sacramento on Friday, backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and House Speaker Emerita Nancy ...
When Democratic lawmakers left Texas to try to prevent the Republican-led Legislature from redrawing the state’s ...
Texas state Democrats had been plotting their departure for weeks. But most weren’t sure they were going—or where they were ...
Most members of the House Democratic Caucus fled the state this week in an attempt to stall a Trump-ordered gerrymander. We tried to talk to the few who stayed.
Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps. But they want to encourage blue ...
Texas Democratic lawmakers fled the state to prevent a vote on a Republican redistricting plan that would carve five new districts.
Seven historical details to put the current gerrymandering conflict into more context as a 212-year-old political strategy.
While the Democrats' quorum break is now in its fourth day, Republican state senators attempted to make a political end run around the walkout with Senate Bill 4.
Texas Democratic lawmakers remained out of the state Thursday as Republican leaders escalated legal threats to force their ...