How the Texas redistricting fight is spilling over to other states—
What started on the floor of the Austin, Texas statehouse last week has rapidly mushroomed into a multi-state standoff with national implications, as the Lone Star State’s redistricting battle continues to bleed beyond its borders.
Dozens of Texas Democrats have fled to three blue states in a bid to stave off a vote on the proposed map, which could give Republicans five more seats in Congress ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
SeveralDemocraticstateleadershaveenteredthefray,andtwoGOPlawmakersannouncedeffortstotaketheissuetotheU.S.Capitolinrecentdays.PresidentDonaldTrumplenthisopiniononthemeleeAug.5,asTexasRepublicans’redistrictingfightnowstretchesacrossatleastfivestatesandcapturesnationalattention.
Here’showTexas’redistrictingcrisishasballoonedintostate-on-statefightsoverthelastweek:
Illinois,NewYorkandMassachusettshostTexasDemocratsThegovernorsofIllinois,NewYorkandMassachusettsarehostingDemocraticlawmakersfromTexasaftertheyfledtheirhomestateSunday,Aug.3.Thelawmakers’massabsencefro
