Dems Push Back on GOP Texas Redistricting

Texas Dems meet with Blue state govs during redistricting effort - Washington Examiner

(The Center Square) – Only five days into the special session and 15 Texas House Democrats left the state to meet with the Democratic governors of California and Illinois looking for ways to oppose redistricting efforts underway in Texas. The Texas legislature began a special legislative session on Monday to address 18 legislative items identified by Gov. Greg Abbott, including redistricting. Texas is expected to gain five congressional seats wh…

Dems push back on GOP Texas redistricting

AUSTIN, Texas — Democrats in the Texas House, struggling to beat back an aggressive Republican redistricting effort, traveled on Friday to meet with the Democratic governors of California and Illinois who have suggested they could redraw their own political maps…

Gov. JB Pritzker open to Democratic remap retaliation if Texas GOP moves lines: ‘Everything is on the table’ – Chicago Sun-Times

Two Democratic Governors Will Redraw Maps If Texas Does

“The Democratic governors of two of the largest states in the country issued their most explicit threats yet to Republicans in Texas: If they draw new Congressional maps to favor their party before the 2026 election, Democrats will look to do the same,” the New York Times reports. Said California Gov. Gavin Newsom: “This is not a bluff. This is real, and trust me, it’s more real after listening to these leaders today, how existential this is.” S…

Gov. JB Pritzker open to Democratic remap retaliation if Texas GOP moves lines: 'Everything is on the table'

Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday suggested Illinois and other Democratic-controlled states could respond in kind if Texas Republicans redraw their legislative maps under pressure from President Donald Trump to boost the number of GOP-held seats in Congress.After hosting a roundtable talk with several Democratic Texas state legislators who traveled to the South Side to discuss the Republican remap effort, Pritzker said “if they're going to take this dr…

Capitol Fa - Your Illinois News Radar » Pritzker to meet with Texas Dems as Trump urges GOP remapsCapitolFax.com

* Some context from Capitol News Illinois’ Ben Szalinski… The Texas legislature is meeting in special session this week with 18 items on their agenda, including redrawing the state’s congressional maps after President Donald Trump urged the state to redraw district boundaries ahead of the 2026 midterm election in hopes of adding five more Republicans to [...]