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Rep. Nicole Collier camps out in House chamber in Democrats' last stand against GOP redistricting

State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth is the only Democrat who refused Republican leaders’ orders to sign a permission slip ...

More Texas Democrats spend the night in the state Capitol in protest amid redistricting fight

After having fled the state over redistricting legislation, Democratic lawmakers had to agree to have security escorts to leave the chamber. Now, a number are refusing.

Democrats probably can’t win the redistricting wars

Republicans are kicking off a gerrymandering arms race that Democrats can’t win, according to the analysis of most election ...

Texas Democrats sleep at the Capitol to protest GOP actions in Texas redistricting fight

Some Texas state House Democrats are refusing to leave the chamber, after Republicans required them to sign a form allowing ...

Baldwin defends Texas Democrats, punts on Wisconsin re-map

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Democratic U.S. Senator says there is a difference between the move to redraw Texas’ ...

Texas Republicans Set to Pass Gerrymandered Map Despite Democrat Protests

Texas Republicans are likely to pass their redistricting plans on Wednesday following weeks of Democrat protests ...

Obama praises Texas Democrats and calls state redistricting effort ‘a systematic assault on democracy’

Former President Barack Obama waded into the debate over redistricting in a zoom call with Texas House Democrats on Thursday, ...

In Trump’s redistricting push, Democrats find an aggressive identity and progressives are on board

Democrats have struggled to find effective ways to oppose President Donald Trump, and even some Democratic voters describe ...