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.” ...

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.” ...

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

Nicole Collier was a lone holdout who refused to accept the Republican condition that they could leave the chamber only if ...

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

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

The Texas House gaveled in at noon with Democratic members present, marking an official end to the quorum break.

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.