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Can lawmakers legally flee the state? Here’s what we know about Texas law on quorum-breaking
Is the Democrats’ decision to break quorum illegal? No, it's not. But they could still be detained by state troopers in ...
Texas House panel advances GOP map adding five Republican districts
A Texas House panel advanced a GOP-backed congressional map that adds five Republican districts, despite Democratic concerns ...
Texas redistricting: Latino voters could be key in Republican effort to pick up seats
Mike Madrid, a Republican political operative who wrote a book on Latino voters and co-founded the anti-Trump Lincoln Project ...
Texas map would add five safe Republican seats. What it means for the midterms.
The newly proposed Republican map, at President Donald Trump’s urging, would give the party a potential backstop for keeping ...
CNN data guru rips Dems over strategy in Texas: ‘They’re playing Little League!’
President Donald Trump urged Texas earlier this month to help the Republican Party by aiming to flip five seats in the Lone ...
In Tense Hearing, Texas Republicans Defend Redrawn Political Map
The legislative hearing was part of a rapidly moving redistricting process, pushed by President Trump, that could see the map ...
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'A gamble': How Texas GOP 'madness' is putting its own party at risk
Texas Republicans’ latest push to cement their dominance could work against them if Trump keeps turning off Texas voters, ...
Firefighter union President Marty Lancton might run for Harris County judge as Republican, docs hint
Firefighter-turned-union-leader Patrick “Marty” Lancton appears to have his eyes set on Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo's ...