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Texas Democrats sleep at the Capitol to protest GOP actions in Texas redistricting fight

Some Texas state House Democrats are refusing to leave the chamber, after Republicans required them to sign a form allowing ...

Texas Democrats return home after redistricting row

Republican lawmakers are expected to quickly pass new voting maps, but Democrats still say they were victorious in the ...

Is this legal? A look at why North Texas Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier remains in state Capitol

SMU political science professor Matthew Wilson explains the rarely enforced rules being applied during this second special ...

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 Democratic Lawmakers End Walkout, Setting Stage for Vote on Redrawn Map

A person holds a sign, as protesters begin lining the area near the House chamber before a session as Democratic lawmakers, ...

Texas Democrats return home, Trump rails about mail-in voting in latest U.S. midterm manoeuvres

Democratic lawmakers who fled their state to stymie Republican plans to redraw political maps at the behest of President ...

Democrat says Texas "gerrymandering war" shows party's new fiery path

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