Redistricting Efforts Could Impact Balance of Power

Democratic governors push for response 'in kind' to GOP redistricting

The Democratic Governors Association on Friday called for an aggressive retaliatory response that matches Texas‘s redistricting efforts designed to build the House Republicans’ narrow majority. Gov. Laura Kelly (D-KS), who leads the organization, urged her peers to actively oppose the Trump-backed efforts to redraw Texas’s congressional districts. “It’s incumbent upon Democrat governors, if they have the opportunity, to respond in kind,” Kelly s…

Redistricting efforts could impact balance of power

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - Republican state lawmakers in Texas are working to redraw the state's congressional map. It's an effort to gain five more seats in the House of Representatives and, Texas Sen. John Cornyn says, better represent voters.  "The truth is, Texas has changed and become redder and more Republican. Right now, the current congressional lines don't reflect that," Sen. Cornyn (R-Texas.) said.  The Texas Democratic congressional deleg…

Changing the lines - Dallas Voice

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at the White House with Donald Trump in 2020. Official White House (Photo by Tia Dufour LEAH ASKARINAM | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ruling. Now, Texas Republicans want to break that tradition — and other states could follow suit. President Trump has asked the Texas Legislature to create districts, i…

Jasmine Crockett Calls Trump ‘Temu Hitler’ While Discussing Texas Gerrymandering

Rep. Jasmine Crockett says President Donald Trump and his supporters within the government have similarities to Hitler and the Nazis. In a recent interview with Zerlina Maxwell, who hosts SiriusXM’s Morning with Zerlina, both women discussed Trump’s cabinet and Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s new proposal to redistrict the congressional landscape, which is the process of redrawing the geographic boundaries of electoral districts to ensure each dist…

Texas labor and allies battle GOP gerrymandering scheme

ARLINGTON, Texas—On Monday, July 28, the Texas AFL-CIO, the Texas Organizing Project, and the Black Voters Matter Fund were among those rallying here the University of Texas campus right before a state hearing to discuss the Trump/Governor Abbott/Republican Party plan to gerrymander Texas U.S.House seats. The Republican lawmakers want to pick their voters to increase by five the Republican caucus in the House. They are proposing a congressional …