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Assessing Redistricting Claims from Texas, New York Governors

In the battle over Texas’ redistricting plan to pick up Republican House seats, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Texas Gov.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott immediately calls second special session for redistricting

The state Legislature has been locked in a standoff over a push to notch more seats for Republicans in next year's midterms.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls second special session as Democrats continue holdout over redistricting vote

Abbott called a second special session after the House again failed to reach a quorum amid a Democratic walkout over a ...

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, ...

How Yuba-Sutter is in the crosshairs of Texas and CA redistricting beef

Voters in Yuba-Sutter could soon swap representatives for the third time since 2020 as the majority-conservative area enters ...

Texas Senate approves congressional redistricting map

The Texas Senate voted 19-2 along party lines on Tuesday to approve a congressional redistricting map that is identical to a ...

New poll shows Texas voters are divided on Trump’s redistricting plan to boost GOP

The new Emerson College poll found that 36% of Texas voters supported the proposal to redraw Texas’ congressional districts ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom kicks off California’s redistricting efforts

Gov. Gavin Newsom officially launched his campaign to redraw California’s congressional districts — meant to favor Democrats in the state as a counter to similar, Republican-led efforts elsewhere in ...