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Now, back to Beto. O'Rourke, whose 2018 tantalizingly close challenge to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has made him Texas' most recognizable and perhaps most influential Democrat. Even after making a failed bid for the 2020 presidential nomination and losing two years later by double digits to Abbott, O'Rourke remains the face of the Texas Democratic Party.
The Texas Democratic Party Chair discusses Blue Texas, and the party's new attempt to make gains in Texas in 2026.
Texas State Representative James Talarico (D) joins Nicolle Wallace to discuss his vision for the Democratic party and the tactic of going to places where politicians don't normally go to build in roads.
"It's unfair': Texas redistricting hearings spark backlash as lawmakers proceed without showing maps
"It feels very underhanded and hidden," one person said. The people who represent you in Congress could change soon, but lawmakers haven't shown what new maps would look like.
After meetings with Democrats from the Texas House, Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker suggested their states could counter a gerrymander by Texas Republicans.
Democrats from the Texas Legislature met with Gov. Gavin Newsom in Sacramento to discuss President Trump's push to redistrict the Lone Star State and alter the outcome of the midterm elections.
Democratic congressional candidate Isaiah Martin was dragged out of a Texas hearing and arrested after refusing to yield during a fiery speech attacking GOP lawmakers and Trump.
Texas lawmakers could change their legislative districts at the urging of President Donald Trump to pick up GOP seats in Congress.