US EditionRedistricting Wars Threaten Blue State Republicans
Republican efforts to redraw maps risk ousting GOP incumbents in Blue states, threatening House majority ahead of 2026, Politico reports on potential political consequences.
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3 reasons Republicans’ redistricting power grab might backfire
Texas state lawmakers board a bus following a press conference at the DuPage County Democratic Party headquarters in Carol Stream, Ill., on Aug. 3, 2025. Scott Olson/Getty ImagesThe gerrymandering drama in Texas – and beyond – has continued to unfold after Democratic state legislators fled the state. The Democrats want to prevent the Republican-controlled government from enacting a mid-decade gerrymander aimed at giving Republicans several more …
'Get this chaos under control': Republicans fume as Trump and Johnson leave them hanging
Fearing their political careers could come to an abrupt end, Republican lawmakers in so-called "Blue states" are frantically both begging and warning Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson to call off the drive for gerrymandering that is taking place in Texas.Concerned that Democratic governors...
'Political Death Warrants' For GOP Members In Trump Gerrymandering?
Politico reports President Donald Trump is "signing the political death warrants" of a handful of blue state Republicans with his gerrymandering push.Trump’s crusade for an unusual mid-decade redistricting of the country’s largest red state "predictably triggered a vow from the country’s largest blue state to do the same,” writes Jonathan Martin said. “… How could Trump not grasp that California Gov. Gavin Newsom would respond by swinging with […
Redistricting Wars Threaten Blue State Republicans
Jonathan Martin: “Congressional Republicans have, with little resistance, accepted all manner of indignities since Donald Trump’s rise to power. They’ve been made to answer for his likening a porn star’s looks to a horse, his testimonial to the endowment of a deceased golfer and, more regula
The US congressional elections will not be held for another year and a quarter, yet a fierce battle is already taking place over their outcome. Its epicenter is currently in Texas, but it threatens to spread rapidly across the country. It is a well-known trick in the United States, which is called by a mysterious-sounding term...
Letter | Republican redistricting an abuse of power
Dear Editor: Texas and Florida Republicans are changing their electoral maps with the express political purpose of retaining the House in 2026, in direct coordination with a Republican president. Not to ensure fair representation, or to reflect normal demographic changes,…
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