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By Jack Fink Two high-profile Democrats visited the Lone Star State recently and credited Democrats in the Texas House for igniting a nationwide redistricting battle.  Illinois Governor JB Pritzker addressed 650 people at the Dallas County Democratic Party’s Johnson Jordan Dinner last Monday. Democratic lawmakers from Texas travelled to Chicago over the summer as they broke quorum, delaying

By Jack FinkSeptember 2, 2025 / 7:21 PM CDT / CBS Texas The Texas House approved House Bill 18, which bans lawmakers from raising money for themselves and their legislative caucuses in the future if they are breaking quorum.  The measure now goes to the Texas Senate. The legislation comes after House Democrats made national news when they

BY: Spectrum News StaffPUBLISHED: 8:36 AM Aug. 19, 2025 Texas Rep. Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie, sat down with Capital Tonight to discuss his return to Texas after a two-week quorum break, including now being followed by a police escort.  Watch full video here.

Jennifer RubinAug 07, 2025 On Sunday, Texas House Representative Chris Turner left the state with his colleagues in order to break quorum as a means to block Republicans’ redistricting plan that disenfranchises Black and Hispanic voters. Now, he joins Jen to discuss why he joined his colleagues in leaving the state, how Texas Republicans are blindly

By Gromer Jeffers Jr. Aug. 3, 2025 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday threatened to remove from office Democratic lawmakers who don’t show up when the House convenes Monday afternoon. House Democrats Sunday left the state for Illinois in order to prevent the GOP-controlled Legislature from passing a controversial bill that would redraw the state’s congressional boundaries. The

By J. David GoodmanAug. 1, 2025 The towering rotunda of the Texas State Capitol echoed with the sound of protests on Friday during the first and only public hearing on a proposed congressional map pushed by President Trump and drawn to flip five Democratic U.S. House seats in favor of Republicans. Hundreds of people gathered to oppose the map in

State Rep. Chris Turner also tells Inside Texas Politics that all options are on the table for Democrats, including leaving the state. Author: Michael McCardelPublished: 1:42 PM CDT July 25, 2025 TEXAS, USA — While the Republican redistricting effort is underway in Texas, the fight is on nationally. So, too, is the wait, as political observers – and anxious