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

They already have more power than the vote totals justify,” Scudder said. “This isn’t about fairness — it’s about locking in control.” ...

"It's imperative at this moment to use every tool that we have to fight back," Isaiah Martin, a candidate running in Texas's ...

Texas Democrats talk at the DuPage County Democratic Party headquarters in Carol Stream on Aug. 3, 2025, after leaving their state to deny state Republicans the quorum they need to redraw five ...

Texas Republicans mandated that Democratic lawmakers not be allowed to leave the state house without a permission slip and a ...

Kendall Scudder, the chairman of the Texas Democratic Party, told CNN Democrats have long been on board with efforts to push independent, nonpartisan redistricting efforts.

The former El Paso congressman also contributed to House Democrats’ 2021 quorum break. A PAC backed by Democratic donor George Soros is also involved in this year’s effort.

The Texas Republican Party also issued a statement from its chair, Abraham George. He called the Democratic lawmakers “cowards” while also calling for them to be “hunted down” and arrested.

Texas Democratic Party Chairman Kendall Scudder issued a statement Sunday in support of the quorum breakers. In it, he said that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was “holding disaster flood relief hostage ...

Texas Democrats talk at the DuPage County Democratic Party headquarters in Carol Stream, Illinois, on Aug. 3, 2025, after leaving their state to deny state Republicans the quorum they need to ...

Independent redistricting commissions, which are largely backed by Democrats to prevent gerrymandering, drew 95 congressional seats that would have been otherwise drawn by Democrats, versus 13 ...