Democrats are searching for a leader to take on President Trump. Gov. Gavin Newsom embraced that role with new online trolling and a proposed gerrymander to counter a GOP power play in Texas.

By Joseph Ax and Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Texas legislators on Wednesday took up a new state congressional map intended to flip five Democratic-held U.S. House seats in next year's midterm elections, after dozens of Democratic lawmakers ended a two-week walkout that had temporarily blocked passage.

Texas is on the brink of redrawing congressional districts in a partisan bid to give Republicans five additional districts. The move is setting off a bipartisan war across the U.S.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom used his Democratic supermajority to push a new congressional map that favors Democrats in an effort to nullify the expected new map from Texas.

A new poll shows Beto O’Rourke has a 20-point lead over Colin Allred in a hypothetical Democratic primary showdown for U.S. Senate. The Texas Southern University survey reflects O’Rourke’s popularity among Democratic voters,

SMU political science professor Matthew Wilson explains the rarely enforced rules being applied during this second special session of the legislature.

More than 50 Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled their state two weeks ago in protest of their Republican colleagues’ aggressive redistricting plans have returned, restoring quorum and allowing the GO

The redistricting fight heats up in Texas House as lawmakers prepare to vote on new mid-decade redistricting maps while Democratic activists voice their disapproval.