US Edition“The People Spoke. The GOP Erased.” – Texas Democrats Fight Back Against Discriminatory Redistricting
TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AUG 4 – Fifty-one Texas Democrats fled to deny quorum and block GOP redistricting that would create five new Republican-leaning districts, escalating a national partisan conflict ahead of 2026 elections.
- Texas Republicans advanced new maps creating five GOP-leaning districts, aiming to shift five Texas seats to Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms.
- More than 50 Democratic members left Texas on Sunday, denying the quorum needed to pass the redistricting plan.
- Governor Greg Abbott threatened expulsion of lawmakers who don't return by Aug. 4, saying, `It seems to me that the only way some of the fleeing Democrats can avoid bribery charges is to not break quorum`.
- Amid the standoff, Democratic governors from Illinois and New York offered refuge, with Gov. Kathy Hochul saying she will speed up redistricting at an Aug. 4 press conference.
- Republicans plan similar redistricting in Ohio later this month, which could decide control of Congress and influence Trump's final two years.
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