US EditionTexas Senate passes GOP-friendly House map
The Texas Senate approved a map adding five Republican seats and reducing Democrat representation despite Democrats fleeing to block the vote in an ongoing redistricting conflict.
- On Tuesday, Texas State Senate voted 19-2 to approve a map adding five Republican seats and removing five Democratic seats despite nine Democrats walking out.
- Amid calls for redistricting, Texas Republicans acted on suggestions to revise districts for more GOP seats, while Democrats fled to New York and Illinois to block the vote.
- Civil arrest warrants were issued by the Texas House Republican majority last week to compel absent Democrats, according to Texas Republicans.
- Without a quorum, the Texas House cannot conduct business, and Abbott warned lawmakers will re-vote on Friday if Democrats maintain their blockade.
- Looking ahead, the map could take effect before the 2026 midterm elections to flip five Democratic-held seats, as Republicans threaten to redraw up to 10 districts if House Democrats don’t return.
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Texas Senate approves congressional lines as Democrats walkout in protest
Gov. Greg Abbott pledged to call repeated special sessions until the maps are enacted. Credit: Getty Images The Texas Senate has approved controversial new congressional lines 19-2 in a charged special session, prompting a walkout by nine Democratic Senators who accuse the Republicans of executing a mid-decade redistricting attempt and in solidarity with their “House Democratic brothers and sisters.” Their exit, however, did not break the quoru…
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KUTMajority of Democrats in the Texas Senate walk out ahead of chamber’s vote on redistricting bill
The Texas Senate’s marathon session Tuesday wasn’t without its own political drama. Early on, nine of the chamber’s Democrats walked out to protest the same Republican-backed plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts that prompted the House quorum break earlier this month.
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