US EditionLimited options for Democrats to retaliate if Texas Republicans redraw congressional map
TEXAS, AUG 2 – Democrats struggle to respond as Texas Republicans redraw maps to create up to five new GOP seats amid independent commissions limiting partisan retaliation, officials say.
- On Friday, Maryland House Majority Leader David Moon said he would introduce legislation to trigger redrawing of congressional lines if Texas Republicans move forward, citing Democrats’ control of seven of eight seats.
- Facing limited redistricting powers, Democratic-controlled states rely on independent commissions, constraining Democrats' options as Republicans seek to pad their House majority in Washington.
- In Nevada, they held three of its four seats in November despite Trump winning the state, as independent commissions drew most districts in 2021.
- Facing their commissions’ restrictions, former Attorney General Eric Holder appeared to bless efforts to overrule the 2008 ballot measure, last week.
- With midterms approaching, Democrats may lose their House majority, and any change to commission rules could not occur until 2027 and would require voter approval.
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In response, even some once-apprehensive Democrats are talking about fighting the "fire with fire." President Trump's aggressive push and Republicans in Texas to pull five Democrats out of the House of Representatives before a single vote is cast in the mid-term elections of 2026 has opened a new chapter in an era of unfettered partisan war. For six months, Democrats have watched, sometimes unsuspectingly and sometimes hopelessly, how Trump and …
As Republicans move to redraw legislative maps in red states to increase their narrow majority in the House of Representatives in Washington, some Democrats are rethinking their adoption of a nonpartisan approach to drawing…
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Limited options for Democrats to retaliate if Texas Republicans redraw congressional map
Some Republican-controlled states are moving to redraw legislative maps to pad their party's narrow House majority in Washington.
Democratic Options For Retaliation If Texas Republicans Redraw Congressional Districts
(CTN News) – Republicans Democratic redistrict legislative patterns in red areas to enhance their slim House majority in Washington, while Democrats reevaluate their nonpartisan policy, which hinders their midterm response. Several Democratic-led governments redistrict congressional and legislative districts every decade with independent commissioners for population balance. Majority parties can reelect lawmakers through redistricting. Commissio…
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