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President Donald Trump said he believes Texas can squeeze out five more Republican seats in the U.S. House to shore up the ...
President Trump has said he wants a "simple redrawing" of Texas' congressional map where Republicans pick up five seats.
Readers say the Texas Legislature’s plan for redistricting during its upcoming special session is gerrymandering aimed at ...
State courts certainly exist in Texas, but serve to cement egregious GOP power grabs, not prevent them. Despite California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s midnight-drunkard ramblings that his state might ...
The window for Texas to directly strengthen Democrats’ national position might be opening sooner than expected.
In 2003, just three years after the decennial census, Texas Republicans developed a proposal to redraw that state’s congressional boundaries so provocative it caused 52 House Democrats to charter a ...
I'm very optimistic about Democrats' opportunity in 2026,” the onetime presidential candidate and congressman said.
As a result, county election officials have indicated they won’t be able to count and report results for early votes and Election Day votes by 7 p.m. local time Wednesday, as required by Texas ...
Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke is still weighing up whether to enter his state’s 2026 Senate race amid incumbent Sen. John ...