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AlterNet on MSN'Stay out of it': Former Texas Republican lawmaker blasts Trump's effort to 'rig' midterms
One former high-ranking Texas Republican state legislator is now coming out forcefully against President Donald Trump's latest push to drastically redraw congressional districts in the Lone Star State.
Texas Republicans are using this month’s special session to attempt to lock in the party’s majority in Congress by means of weakening or eliminating Democratic districts in the state. As
Texas Republicans launched a high-risk, high-reward redrawing of the state's 38 congressional districts, a move championed by President Donald Trump to protect the party's narrow House majority in next year's midterm elections.
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The legislature is meeting in special session to draft plans that could give the party five more seats in Congress.
As the Texas Legislature plans to redraw congressional maps, the governors of California and Illinois may devise new borders before the 2026 elections.
In a Washington Post column published on the 4th of July, one of the most famous Never Trump conservatives in the United States — 84-year-old George Will — argued that Texas' 2026 U.S. Senate race just might be in play for Democrats if State Attorney General Ken Paxton is the nominee.
Democratic Governors Laura Kelly (Kansas) and Tim Walz (Minnesota) are splitting from the National Governors Association (NGA) over its response to President Trump's policies, and will not be paying NGA dues as the group gathers for its summer meeting in Colorado this week.