State Sen. Phil King, the Republican chair of the Senate redistricting committee, revealed he’s spoken with Adam Kincaid, the national GOP’s leading map-maker, three times this summer.
At the Democratic Governors Association (DGA), we know one of the best ways to stop Republicans’ power grab and protect our democracy is to elect Democratic governors.
California Democrats approved bills that set up a November election in which voters will be asked to greenlight a new congressional map.
Texas Democratic lawmakers returned this week from a two-week quorum break, but Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton are still seeking to remove them from office.
The Texas Senate redistricting committee in a 5-3 vote along party lines approved the state’s proposed new congressional map, likely teeing up the map to receive final approval when the full Senate convenes late Thursday.
The California Supreme Court late Wednesday denied a Republican petition to block the state’s new redistricting plan.
The Texas House voted to move forward with a new congressional map – as Democrats continued to seek ways to resist.
Collier dialed into the Zoom call from a Capitol restroom as the floor debate over the new maps echoed in the background. “I’ll be damned if I let [Republicans] use petty intimidation tactics to silence my voters. They sent me here to fight, and that’s exactly what I’m going to do,” she said. “I represent a majority Black and brown district and it’ll be my constituents, people who look like me, that will be harmed.”
Texas Republicans doing the bidding of President Trump are seeking a deeply cynical map aimed at the heart of the minority community.
Republican lawmakers in California have asked the state Supreme Court to stop Democrats’ attempt to redraw congressional maps ahead of the 2026 election.