Texas Democrats remain out of state, blocking a quorum over GOP redistricting plans. Gov. Greg Abbott vows to keep calling special sessions until they return, while Democrats want the focus on ...

ST. CHARLES, Illinois — If Gov. Greg Abbott is determined to pass a gerrymandered congressional map, Texas Democrats know he has the votes and the power to eventually get his way. But for the ...

The Texas Democrats hoped that their departure would leave the state Legislature with too few members present to change the map in a special session. They face $500 fines for each day of absence, as ...

Lex McMenamin | Getty At least 50 Texas Democratic state legislators fled the state on Sunday, hoping to stymie a proposed congressional redistricting they say is racially discriminatory by preventing ...

The legal actions being pursued by Mr. Abbott and Texas’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, to remove Democratic state representatives from office have little legal precedent, something Mr. Paxton ...

Democratic politicians in Texas said they were leaving the state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is trying to unseat a top Democratic lawmaker who fled the state amid a partisan battle over redistricting.© Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post ...

HOUSTON — The political fight over redistricting in Texas is escalating, with Gov. Greg Abbott now asking the Texas Supreme Court to remove state Rep. Gene Wu from office. Wu, a Houston Democrat ...

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) threatened to push for even more GOP-leaning congressional seats in Texas if Democrats continue to block a mid-decade redistricting effort sought by President Donald Trump to ...