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Democrat says Texas "gerrymandering war" shows party's new fiery path

"It's imperative at this moment to use every tool that we have to fight back," Isaiah Martin, a candidate running in Texas's ...

Texas Democrats join Chicago anti-Trump protest

Protesters chant in support of Texas Democrats during a rally Saturday in Millennium Park in Chicago. The Democratic ...

Democrats who fled Texas to block the GOP's redistricting effort plot their exit strategy

Lawmakers are now framing their ability to prevent new maps from passing during one special legislative session as a victory.
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The Texas Democrats’ Remote Resistance

After leaving the state to block the G.O.P. from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, Democratic lawmakers are keeping ...

Texas Democrats set plan to end nearly 2-week walkout over Republicans’ redraw of US House maps

Texas Democrats have moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP's redrawing of U.S. House maps ...

Texas House Democrats join Chicago anti-Trump protest in Loop

Hundreds gathered at Millennium Park Saturday afternoon, joined by several Texas House Democrats, to rally against ...

Bomb scares and phony pizza deliveries: Democrats who fled Texas grapple with security threats

The Texas Democratic lawmakers who decamped to Illinois to block a redistricting effort in their state faced threats of ...

Strategic retreat is a Texas tradition. Why the Democrats' quorum break wasn't a failure | Opinion

Strategic retreats are in the Texas tradition. With Santa Anna in pursuit, Sam Houston ordered one from Gonzales.