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The Texas Redistricting Fight, Explained

Par :J. David Goodman · Shane Goldmacher and Nick Corasaniti
Here is why Democrats in the Texas House left the state, why Republicans in the Legislature want to redraw political maps and why other states are involved.

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A committee of the Texas House held a hearing on redistricting in July at the State Capitol in Austin.
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Texas Redistricting Fight Prompts Democratic Group to Call on Blue States for New Maps

Par :Nick Corasaniti
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is pressing legislatures to counter Republicans’ redistricting efforts in Texas and elsewhere.

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A protest last month in Austin against the Texas Republicans’ plan to redraw their congressional maps.
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Democratic Group Pushes Party to Embrace G.O.P. School Voucher Plan

Par :Dana Goldstein
A moderate group that has tried to rally Democrats around school choice faces divisions over private-school vouchers.

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The group Democrats for Education Reform has become a leading voice urging the party to embrace some forms of private-school choice.
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Texas Democrats Leave State to Stop Republicans’ Redistricting Plan

Par :J. David Goodman and Julie Bosman
The walkout was a sharp escalation in the clash over a redistricting effort. Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to remove the lawmakers who left their posts if they did not return by Monday.

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“We’re leaving Texas to fight for Texans,” said Gene Wu, a state representative from Houston and the chair of the Democratic caucus in the Texas House.
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The Law in West Texas Breaks the Law to Protest Weed’s Prohibition

Par :J. David Goodman
Sarah Stogner, a Republican district attorney in Texas oil country, recorded herself smoking a joint that she bought legally in New Mexico.

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District Attorney Sarah Stogner in Ward County, Texas, in May.
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Newsom Wants to Gerrymander California. Schwarzenegger May Disagree.

Par :Laurel Rosenhall
As governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger championed the state’s nonpartisan redistricting system. Now, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to pause it to help Democrats.

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After leaving the governor’s office, Arnold Schwarzenegger lobbied other states to adopt nonpartisan systems to draw congressional maps.
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Texas State House Panel Advances Gerrymandered Congressional Map

Par :J. David Goodman
The full Texas House will now vote next week on a map drawn to flip five House districts to the G.O.P., but Democrats might walk out to deny Republicans a quorum.

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Terry M. Wilson, a Texas state representative, looks through maps during a public hearing on congressional redistricting in Austin on Friday.
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Texas Pushes Redistricting Into an Era of ‘Maximum Warfare’

Par :Shane Goldmacher and Nick Corasaniti
Republicans are pursuing every possible advantage, essentially trying to win elections long before people vote. In response, even some once-squeamish Democrats are talking about fighting ‘fire with fire.’

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The attempt in Texas to redraw the map for the state’s U.S. House districts has pushed many Democrats to a breaking point.
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Eric Holder on Why He Reversed Course on Gerrymandering

Par :Nick Corasaniti
Mr. Holder, the attorney general in the Obama administration, has long fought to end gerrymandered legislative maps. But a Republican effort in Texas threatens democracy, he said in an interview.

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Eric Holder at a campaign event in Wisconsin in 2022. This week, he argued that Democrats need to pursue aggressive gerrymanders.
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Newsom Wants to Gerrymander California. Schwarzenegger May Disagree.

Par :Laurel Rosenhall
As governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger championed the state’s nonpartisan redistricting system. Now, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to pause it to help Democrats.

© Rod Lamkey/Associated Press

After leaving the governor’s office, Arnold Schwarzenegger lobbied other states to adopt nonpartisan systems to draw congressional maps.
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In Tense Hearing, Texas Republicans Defend Redrawn Political Map

Par :J. David Goodman
The legislative hearing was part of a rapidly moving redistricting process, pushed by President Trump, that could see the map approved next week.

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State Representative Chris Turner during a public hearing on congressional redistricting in Austin, Texas, on Friday.
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Texas Republicans Unveil Gerrymandered House Map, Trying to Please Trump

Par :J. David Goodman · Nick Corasaniti and Shane Goldmacher
The proposed map would give Republicans a chance to gain five U.S. House seats, including in Houston, Dallas and along the U.S.-Mexican border.

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John McQueeney, a Republican member of the Texas House, looks at a map before a committee hearing on the congressional redistricting.
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Democrats Plan $20 Million Fund to Target Texas Republicans for Redistricting

Par :Shane Goldmacher and Nick Corasaniti
At President Trump’s urging, Texas is trying to squeeze up to five Democrats out of office to pad Republicans’ slim majority in the House.

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Election Day last November in El Paso, Texas. Republicans in Texas are aiming to gerrymander congressional maps in time for next year’s midterm elections.
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Avian Flu Wiped Out Poultry. Now the Screwworm Is Coming for Beef.

Par :Pooja Salhotra
The parasitic fly that attacks warm-blooded animals was eliminated from the United States in the 1960s, but it’s creeping toward the Texas-Mexico border.

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A return of screwworm could harm already depleted cattle herds and raise beef prices.
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Two Democratic Governors Say if Texas Redraws Congressional Maps, They May Too

Par :Nick Corasaniti and J. David Goodman
After meetings with Democrats from the Texas House, Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker suggested their states could counter a gerrymander by Texas Republicans.

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A Texas House Committee on Congressional Redistricting hearing at the Capitol in Austin on Thursday.
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Texas Democrats Confer With California and Illinois Governors on Redistricting

Par :J. David Goodman and Nick Corasaniti
Two groups of Democrats left Texas to meet with Govs. Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker, who have suggested their Democratic-controlled states could counter a Texas Republican gerrymander.

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A Texas House Committee on Congressional Redistricting hearing at the Capitol in Austin on Thursday.
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A Drag Queen Leaves the Stage on Her Own Terms

Par :Mike Wilson and Rachel Woolf
Kai Lee Mykels often said her goal was to make straight men uneasy, but that was a gag. Her creator had a bigger goal in mind.

Kai Brown, performing as Kai Lee Mykels, in Colorado Springs.
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Texas Legislature Special Session: Democrats Attack Silent Republicans

Par :J. David Goodman
President Trump wants Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s House maps to nab as many as five seats now held by Democrats. But no new maps have been publicly proposed yet.

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Demonstrators gathered in the rotunda of the Texas Capitol as the special session began on Monday.
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Ken Paxton Claimed Three Houses as His Primary Residence, Records Show

Par :Pooja Salhotra
The attorney general of Texas, who is challenging Senator John Cornyn, could have secured favorable mortgage rates, and may have violated the law if he knowingly falsified loan documents.

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Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, at the White House earlier this year.
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Democrats Have Few Tools to Counter G.O.P. Redistricting

Par :Nick Corasaniti and Laurel Rosenhall
A plan in Texas that could give Republicans at least five more House seats has Democrats fuming, and without many paths to fight it.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ability to redistrict California’s congressional maps is limited because the state has an independent commission that holds that power.
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Texas Republicans Look to Jam Democrats With Vote on Redistricting

Par :J. David Goodman
By taking up new congressional maps pushed by President Trump first, Republicans hope to discourage Democrats from walking out of a special session before they vote on flood relief.

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Members of the House stood for the Pledge of Allegiance as the special session started on Monday in Austin, Texas.
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After the Floods, a Pain So Vast It Makes Texas Feel Small

Par :Rick Rojas · Margarita Birnbaum and David Montgomery
The Hill Country has a hold on the hearts of many Texans, meaning the suffering caused by the disaster is reaching as far as the region’s appeal.

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Rescuers embrace in grief at a memorial in Kerrville, Texas.
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Newsom Wants California to Counter Texas on Redistricting

Par :Laurel Rosenhall
Gov. Gavin Newsom says California should redraw its own congressional districts if Texas tries to gerrymander its lines. His idea faces long odds.

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As Texas considers redrawing its maps to help Republicans win more seats in Congress, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has said it should make a similar move to help Democrats.
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Texas Legislature Special Session Will Answer Questions About Redistricting, Floods

Par :J. David Goodman
A special session of the Texas Legislature will address the deadly floods in Hill Country, but the fireworks will come from President Trump’s demand for a newly gerrymandered House map.

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A special session of the Texas Legislature is scheduled to begin in Austin on Monday.
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Thunderstorms Nearby? How to Stay Safe When Lightning Strikes

Par :Johnny Diaz
Summer is a busy time for lighting strikes, which kill about 20 people and injure many others across the United States each year, officials said.

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“If you’re hearing thunder, it’s time to be inside,” said a meteorologist.
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20 States Sue Trump Administration Over Ending FEMA Funding for Disaster Mitigation

Par :Maxine Joselow
FEMA announced in April that it was ending the funding to eliminate “waste, fraud and abuse.” The program saved taxpayers more than $150 billion over 20 years, the plaintiffs said.

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Route 22 in North Plainfield, N.J., on Tuesday, after rains inundated the region. New Jersey is one of 20 states suing the federal government for ending a disaster mitigation program.
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