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Where Are All the Texas Democrats? What We Know

Texas Democrats have left the state, with many in Illinois, to block a vote on a Republican-led redistricting plan.

Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Chicago hotel where some Texas Democrats are staying

More than 50 Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a quorum in the state House of Representatives to move ...

Republicans Raise the Pressure on Texas Democrats to End Their Walkout

The political and legal threats against Democrats who left Texas to protest a redrawn political map have gone further and ...

Beto O’Rourke raises funds for Texas Democrats, says 2026 midterms will be decided this summer

Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke said Wednesday that he is raising funds for Democratic members of the state legislature who left ...

Texas Democrats have ‘quit’ on Americans, attorney argues

Panelists Mehek Cooke and Gregory Faranello join ‘Mornings with Maria’ to weigh in on Texas’ redistricting fight.

Paxton says he will seek Democrats’ removal if they do not return to Texas

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he will ask the courts to declare state legislators’ seats vacant if they do not return by Friday and allow Republicans to redraw the Congressional map.

Texas AG Ken Paxton ramps up 'aggressive' legal pressure on Democrats

Republican Speaker Dustin Burrows has given the absent lawmakers until Friday, Aug. 8, to return to Texas and appear before the House.

Gov. Abbott: "Running Away Is The Most Un-Texas Thing The Democrats Could Do"

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told Newsmax on Tuesday that Democrat lawmakers fleeing the state to delay a vote on redistricting ...