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Just as Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Colin Allred was holding a town hall near the Mexican border as part of an “unrig Texas” campaign tour, the state’s Democratic fundraising powerhouse Beto O’Rourke rallied support in Austin for lawmakers who left the state to delay a redistricting plan led by President Donald Trump.
The Texas Senate on Friday began debating a bill that redraws the state's congressional maps at the behest of President Donald Trump in an effort to flip five seats held by Democrats to Republicans. After the state House passed it on Wednesday,
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.
Gavin Newsom's press office has been mocking President Trump with tweets in his style over the past few weeks.
Trump's Texas fight is aimed at giving the GOP an advantage in 2026 and a lame-duck president more power while in office. Democrats have other plans.