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Proposed new congressional maps in California could help Democrats flip five Republican seats and bolster around five Democratic incumbents in toss-up districts.
Former President Barack Obama waded into the debate over redistricting in a zoom call with Texas House Democrats on Thursday, warning of a “systematic assault on democracy” spurred by Republican efforts to redraw congressional maps in Texas.
California Democrats released proposed congressional redistricting maps as their fight with Trump and Texas escalates.
But in some of the nation’s biggest Senate races, Democrats are relying on an old strategy of recruiting—and then clearing the field for—long-serving party leaders with whom voters are already familiar.
At a Fight the Trump Takeover rally in Millennium Park, Rep. Gene Wu, the Texas House minority leader, accuses the state's GOP of trying to rig the system and says his colleagues who fled the state are trying to stop Republicans from taking away everyone's voting rights.
Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani appealed to non-Democrats when launching his general election campaign during brief remarks in Brooklyn.
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In Trump's redistricting push, Democrats find aggressive identity with progressives on board
It’s not just Donald Trump’s mantra anymore. As the Republican president pushes states to redraw their congressional districts to the GOP’s advantage, Democrats have shown they are willing to go beyond words of outrage and use whatever power they do have to win.
Democratic mayors say they're lowering crime, even as President Donald Trump attacks their cities as dangerous and out of control.