Democrats, GOP and Texas
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Texas state Rep. Gene Wu joined a private strategy call on Thursday with Democratic leaders from other GOP-led states that might also redraw their maps.
Rep. Nicole Collier is one of dozens of Democrats who fled Texas earlier this month to block a vote on a Trump-backed redistricting plan.
Texas lawmakers meet again Friday, when the Republican majority in the Senate could give final approval to their map.
Democrats are searching for a leader to take on President Trump. Gov. Gavin Newsom embraced that role with new online trolling and a proposed gerrymander to counter a GOP power play in Texas.
The move will allow Republicans to move forward with their plan to redraw Texas' congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
While Gov. Greg Abbott blasted through a Democratic blockade and advanced a new congressional map, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is eying a new map in his state.
Texas Republicans insisted that Democrats have around-the-clock police escorts to ensure they wouldn’t leave again.
Democratic voters loathe partisan redistricting, but support California doing it to counter Texas, according to a new national poll on Gavin Newsom’s high-stakes gerrymander.