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Texas lawmaker prepares for second night of redistricting protest in state Capitol

Democratic state Representative Nicole Collier hunkered down for a second night in the Texas Capitol building rather than ...

Democratic Texas lawmaker spent night on state House floor after refusing GOP demand for law enforcement escort

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican ...

Texas Dems Would Back Beto O’Rourke For Third Time: POLL

Former Texas Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke is the preferred candidate among Democratic voters in the state’s 2026 Senate race ...

Police escort Texas Democrats to prevent new redistricting walkout as California moves to retaliate

Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to around-the-clock surveillance by state Department of Public ...

Even at the grocery store, Texas troopers don't let Democrats out of sight after walkout

Texas Democrats are joining a colleague who can’t leave the state Capitol because she won’t agree to having law enforcement ...

Texas Democrats who fled state in protest of gerrymandering return home, restoring quorum

The chairman of the state Democratic Party said the lawmakers “are coming back to fight these racist maps in the legislature and then in the courts.” ...

Texas House Democrats end walkout by returning to Austin Monday

The national party is seeking to frame the quorum break as galvanizing event for Democrats. Texas Republicans are likely to ...

Democrats return to Texas, clearing way for GOP to draw new map

Texas Democratic lawmakers left two weeks ago to block a GOP plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts. They said ...

Texas Democrats weigh their end game and Trump makes his mark on D.C: From the Politics Desk

Plus, ahead of Friday's summit, Trump threatens “very severe consequences” if Putin doesn’t agree to end the Russia-Ukraine ...