Democrats, Texas and Redistricting
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California Republicans targeted by redistricting slam effort
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Other Democratic lawmakers have joined a colleague in staying at the Texas Capitol rather than accept around-the-clock police escorts meant to prevent them from blocking a vote on a Republican plan for redrawing congressional districts.
The Texas State Capitol was cleared of visitors Tuesday evening and closed to the public after a social media threat, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
After Democrats returned to the Texas statehouse, Republican leadership assigned law enforcement officers to monitor them to prevent further delays to their plan to redraw congressional voting districts to favor Republicans ahead of the election.
Lodi Mayor Cameron Bregman is sounding the alarm over the newly redrawn California congressional maps that would cut his city into three separate congressional districts.
The League of United Latin American Citizens and other groups are asking a judge to consider blocking the new congressional maps pushed by Republicans.
State legislators are scheduled to hold floor votes on Thursday, according to a schedule from Democratic leadership.
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California is a crucial battlefront in a coast-to-coast political civil war over congressional redistricting, a war that Republicans nationally appear better positioned to win.
Republican lawmakers are expected to quickly pass new voting maps, but Democrats still say they were victorious in the standoff.
The congressional seat in Texas’ 18th District, a hub of Black political power, has been vacant for months. Redistricting could further disrupt representation for its voters.