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Redistricting trial 2.0 begins

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

And they’re off. This week, a trio of federal judges will consider whether Texas can use its new congressional map in the 2026 election, marking the first legal test for the districts produced by a summer of intense partisan clashing. … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, CD09, CD18, CD22, CD27, CD28, CD30, CD32, CD34, CD35, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2026, Greg Abbott, Justice Department, lawsuit, LULAC, MALC, MALDEF, NAACP, National Redistricting Foundation, redistricting, SCOTUS, special session, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | Leave a comment

State lawsuit on Tarrant redistricting has its hearing

Posted on September 28, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

We’ll see what happens. A district court judge is expected to decide whether to grant a temporary injunction against Tarrant County’s new commissioner precincts next week. It’s part of a lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters of Tarrant … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Alisa Simmons, Commissioners Court, County Judge, Election 2026, lawsuit, League of Women Voters, LULAC, Matt Krause, redistricting, Tarrant County, Texas, Texas Open Meetings Act, Tim O'Hare, Voting Rights Act | Leave a comment

State files its response to the redistricting lawsuit

Posted on September 27, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

They’re playing the oldies, not the new tune that the Trump Justice Department tried to woo them with. Texas officials acknowledged in a new court filing that the Justice Department’s rationale this summer for pushing them to redraw the state’s … Continue reading →

Sen. Sarah Eckhardt may run for CD10

Posted on September 21, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Of interest. Democratic state Sen. Sarah Eckhardt of Austin said Wednesday she is seriously considering a run for Congress in the GOP-leaning district being vacated next year by 20-year Republican Michael McCaul, saying its time for candidates in her party to … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged CD10, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2018, Election 2024, Election 2026, fundraising, Mike McCaul, redistricting, Sarah Eckhardt, Tayhlor Coleman, Texas | 1 Comment

Bobby Pulido officially in for CD15

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Our main target to flip next fall. Tejano musician Bobby Pulido is running for Texas’ 15th Congressional District, he announced Wednesday, giving Democrats their best — and potentially only — opportunity to flip a Republican-held seat in 2026. Pulido, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged Ada Cuellar, Bobby Pulido, CD15, Democratic primary, Donald Trump, Election 2018, Election 2024, Election 2026, Henry Cuellar, Monica de la Cruz-Hernandez, redistricting, Texas | Comments Off

Powered by People gets another win in court

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

This is all still temporary and preliminary, but it’s also still good. Every time it looks like Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is getting the best of Beto O’Rourke in court, the former El Paso congressman pulls off another victory. … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged 15th Court of Appeals, Beto O'Rourke, Congress, DPS, El Paso, fundraising, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Powered by People, quorum, redistricting, special session, Supreme Court, Tarrant County, Texas, Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, The Lege | Comments Off

One request to halt the Tarrant County mid-decade redistricting is denied

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

There is a second chance still in play. A federal judge based in Tarrant County denied a request to keep the old commissioners precinct map in place until the redistricting lawsuit is finished. Judge Reed O’Conner, who presides over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Alisa Simmons, Census, Commissioners Court, County Judge, Election 2024, Election 2026, lawsuit, League of Women Voters, LULAC, Matt Krause, redistricting, SCOTUS, Tarrant County, Texas, Texas Open Meetings Act, Tim O'Hare, Tony Tinderholt, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

The redistricting litigation strategy

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

It’s what we’ve got. Outgunned in the national redistricting war, Democrats are launching a multipronged legal battle to try and prevent GOP gains ahead of next year’s midterms. It stands to be a grueling, lengthy and costly process for Democrats … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026, Legal matters | Tagged California, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2026, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Gavin Newsom, lawsuit, Missouri, National Democratic Redistricting Committee, Ohio, redistricting, SCOTUS, Texas, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

A brief note about a poll

Posted on September 13, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

This poll. Only one-third of Texas voters approve of the GOP-led effort to redraw the state’s congressional map, according to a recent statewide poll, which found that independent and Democratic voters overwhelmingly opposed the mid-decade redistricting and would rather give … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2026, Greg Abbott, polls, redistricting, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

Let’s find a Democrat for CD35

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

We’ve gotta compete in these redrawn districts. While a number of Republicans are eyeing [the redrawn CD35] — in addition to the Texas GOP’s preferred candidate — Democrats have been slow to line up for the open seat. But San … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged Beto Altamirano, CD09, CD35, CD37, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2026, Greg Casar, John Lira, John Lujan, Lloyd Doggett, Philip Cortez, Rebecca Viagran, redistricting, Roland Gutierrez, Texas, Whitney Masterson-Moyes | 1 Comment

Interview with Vincent Sanders

Posted on September 8, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

As we know, there is a hearing scheduled to begin October 1 in federal court to hear arguments about the new Congressional map. The original group of plaintiffs against the current map, whose trial was finally heard in May, subsequently … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged CD09, CD18, Congress, Election 2026, interviews, lawsuit, redistricting, Texas, Vincent Sanders | Comments Off

Missouri gets in the mid-decade Trump redistricting game

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

From The Downballot. Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe has summoned lawmakers for a special session beginning on Wednesday, during which he wants them to adopt a new congressional gerrymander that would flip Missouri’s 5th District from blue to red. Democrats, however, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged CD09, CD35, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2026, Missouri, redistricting, Texas | Comments Off

Paxton throws a fit over being slowed down by Republican judges

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

There sadly isn’t a good straight news (non-paywalled) story about this, but Raw Story has a decent summary. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton took to X on Wednesday to rage against state appeals court judges after they paused discovery in … Continue reading →

What the Lege has done since redistricting

Posted on August 30, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Just a couple of headlines to ponder, now that the redistricting bill has been signed. Texas House greenlights ‘bounty hunter’ abortion pill ban Texas House OKs transgender bathroom ban after years of GOP attempts Yep, definitely doing the hard work … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged abortion, ACLU of Texas, Attorney General, Camp Mystic, cannabis, Congress, Constitution, Court of Criminal Appeals, Dan Patrick, diversity, Election 2026, Equality Texas, flooding, Greg Abbott, Guadalupe River, Jim Blackburn, Ken Paxton, Kerr County, lawsuit, mifepristone, redistricting, special session, Texas, Texas Water Development Board, THC, The Lege, transgender rights, veto | Comments Off

Hearing set on new Congressional map

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Here we go A federal judicial panel will hear arguments beginning Oct. 1 for an injunction against the implementation of new congressional boundaries approved by the Texas Legislature. According to three lawyers who were in the El Paso courtroom Wednesday … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, CD09, CD18, CD22, CD27, CD28, CD30, CD32, CD34, CD35, Congress, Election 2026, Greg Abbott, lawsuit, LULAC, MALC, MALDEF, NAACP, National Redistricting Foundation, redistricting, SCOTUS, special session, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | 2 Comments

The scramble begins

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Barring judicial action that I have said I don’t expect, the new Congressional map will be in place for the 2026 election. That means that a lot of people who are not now in Congress will be gearing up to … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged Al Green, CD09, CD18, CD33, CD35, CD37, Congress, Democratic primary, Donald Trump, Election 2024, Election 2025, Election 2026, Greg Casar, Lloyd Doggett, redistricting, special election, special session, Texas, The Lege | 3 Comments

Motion to block implementation of new map filed

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Once again, from the inbox: Today, plaintiffs supported by the National Redistricting Foundation (NRF) filed a preliminary injunction to block the implementation of HB 4, which further gerrymanders the Texas congressional map. After filing a supplemental complaint in the U.S. … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, CD09, CD18, CD22, CD27, CD28, CD30, CD32, CD34, CD35, Congress, Election 2026, Greg Abbott, lawsuit, LULAC, MALC, MALDEF, NAACP, National Redistricting Foundation, redistricting, SCOTUS, Senate, special session, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

New legal challenge filed against redistricting map

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Fron the inbox: Today, plaintiffs supported by the National Redistricting Foundation (NRF) initiated a legal challenge against the newly enacted congressional gerrymander in Texas in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, asking the court to strike … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, CD09, CD18, CD22, CD27, CD30, CD35, Congress, Election 2026, Greg Abbott, lawsuit, LULAC, MALC, MALDEF, NAACP, National Redistricting Foundation, redistricting, SCOTUS, Senate, special session, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

The Alvarado filibuster

Posted on August 23, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Bring it on. State Sen. Carol Alvarado of Houston plans to filibuster the House-passed redistricting map during floor debate on Friday in a last-ditch effort to delay passage of the plan to create five new winnable seats for the GOP. … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Carol Alvarado, Congress, Election 2026, filibuster, Molly Cook, redistricting, Sarah Eckhardt, Senate, special session, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

Doggett will not challenge Casar if new map passes

Posted on August 23, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

For the best. Congressman Lloyd Doggett on Thursday said he would end his 52-year political career and stand aside for fellow Austin Democrat Greg Casar in the 2026 primary if Republicans’ new redistricting plan is upheld in court, a bombshell … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged CD35, CD37, Congress, Democratic primary, Donald Trump, Election 2026, Greg Casar, Lloyd Doggett, redistricting, Texas | Comments Off

California passes its redistricting plan

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Game on. California’s Democratic-controlled Legislature passed bills Thursday setting up a high-profile special election this fall, when voters will decide whether to approve the party’s plan to gerrymander California’s congressional map. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who signed the legislation shortly … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026 | Tagged California, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2026, Gavin Newsom, redistricting, Texas, The Lege | 1 Comment

House passes redistricting bill

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

I was going to put this as the last item in the earlier post, but I didn’t want to change that post’s title and I also didn’t want to gloss over that this happened. We knew it was going to … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2026, Gene Wu, redistricting, Senate, special session, Texas, The Lege | 4 Comments

Beto scores a win against Paxton

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Nice. An El Paso judge this week temporarily stopped Attorney General Ken Paxton from prosecuting former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s political group, Powered by People, after Paxton moved to block the organization from financially supporting Texas Democrats who left the … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters, That's our Lege | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Charlie Geren, Congress, DPS, Dustin Burrows, El Paso, fundraising, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Nicole Collier, Powered by People, quorum, redistricting, special session, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

Motion for expedited review of proposed Congressional map filed

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox, on Monday night. Today, the National Redistricting Foundation (NRF) filed a motion in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas to ask the court to quickly set a hearing for a preliminary injunction that will … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, CD09, Congress, Election 2024, Election 2026, Greg Abbott, Justice Department, lawsuit, LULAC, MALC, MALDEF, NAACP, National Redistricting Foundation, redistricting, SCOTUS, Senate, special session, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | 2 Comments

And they’re back

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Quorum time again. Texas House Democrats announced they would return to Austin Monday, ending a two-week walkout over a GOP mid-decade redistricting plan and paving the way for the map’s passage. “We killed the corrupt special session, withstood unprecedented surveillance … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged California, CD23, Colorado, Congress, DCCC, Donald Trump, Dustin Burrows, Election 2026, flooding, Gene Wu, Greg Abbott, Indiana, Maryland, Nicole Collier, quorum, redistricting, Senate, special session, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

Second lawsuit filed against Tarrant County over its mid-decade redistricting

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

This one has an interesting twist. The League of Women Voters of Tarrant County and the League of United Latin American Citizens are suing Tarrant County, the county’s commissioners court and County Judge Tim O’Hare over its mid-decade districting. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | Tagged Alisa Simmons, Census, Commissioners Court, County Judge, Election 2026, lawsuit, League of Women Voters, LULAC, Matt Krause, redistricting, SCOTUS, Tarrant County, Texas, Tim O'Hare, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

Special Session 2: [Insert dumb sequel name here]

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

As promised/threatened. With the Texas House still frozen by Democrats’ absence from the state, Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday called a second special session to begin less than two hours after the Legislature gaveled out the first overtime round. The … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Ann Johnson, California, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2026, flooding, Gene Wu, Greg Abbott, Illinois, New York, quorum, redistricting, Senate, special session, Supreme Court, Texas, The Lege | 1 Comment

The end (of the quorum break) is near

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

And getting nearer. The House Democrats who fled Texas to block GOP redistricting appear likely to return in the coming days, according to a press release they issued Thursday. The caucus said its members will return if Republicans follow through … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged California, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2026, Gavin Newsom, Gene Wu, Greg Abbott, Illinois, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, quorum, redistricting, Senate, special session, Supreme Court, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

So when might the quorum busters return?

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Before I address that question, here’s an important bit of business to resolve. Illinois courts will not force Texas Democrats back to the state, a judge ruled Wednesday, dealing a blow to Attorney General Ken Paxton and House Speaker Dustin … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged California, Congress, Donald Trump, DPS, Dustin Burrows, Election 2026, Gene Wu, Greg Abbott, Illinois, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, New York, quorum, redistricting, Senate, special session, Supreme Court, Texas, The Lege | 3 Comments

Everything happens on Tuesday

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Hey, remember when I said yesterday that there was still no quorum and not much had happened? That was then, this is now. The Supreme Court will take its sweet time in deciding on those quo warranto filings to expel … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Al Green, Beto O'Rourke, Carol Alvarado, CD09, CD18, CD35, CD37, Congress, Donald Trump, DPS, Dustin Burrows, El Paso, Election 2026, fundraising, Greg Abbott, Greg Casar, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Lloyd Doggett, Powered by People, quorum, redistricting, Senate, special election, special session, Supreme Court, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege | 4 Comments

Still no quorum

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

I’m sitting here waiting for the Supreme Court to take up those ridiculous quo warranto actions by Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton and have been hesitant to start writing something for fear that I’ll have to trash it and start … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Ann Johnson, California, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2026, flooding, Gavin Newsom, Greg Abbott, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Kerrville, quorum, redistricting, Senate, special session, Supreme Court, Texas, The Lege | 4 Comments

Comparing the districts

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

As I write this on Sunday, there’s a lot we don’t know about how this saga ends. I feel confident saying that at some point there will be a quorum and a new map will be passed. Beyond that is … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2026, That's our Lege | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, CD07, CD08, CD09, CD10, CD11, CD12, CD15, CD16, CD17, CD23, CD25, CD28, CD32, CD34, CD35, Congress, Donald Trump, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Election 2026, Kamala Harris, Latino voting, precinct analysis, redistricting, special session, Ted Cruz, Texas, The Lege | 9 Comments

Quorum break Day 5 roundup: Help an ideological enemy out?

Posted on August 9, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Hilarious. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and House Speaker Dustin Burrows are asking an Illinois court to enforce arrest warrants against Democratic lawmakers who have left the state to delay passage of a GOP-backed congressional map. Burrows issued civil arrest … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Ana-Maria Ramos, Beto O'Rourke, Chris Turner, Christina Morales, Congress, Constitution, Donald Trump, Dustin Burrows, El Paso, Election 2026, FBI, Gene Wu, Gina Hinojosa, Greg Abbott, Illinois, James Talarico, JB Pritzker, Jessica Gonzalez, John Bucy, Josey Garcia, Kathy Hochul, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Lulu Flores, Mihaela Plesa, New York, Powered by People, quorum, redistricting, Ron Reynolds, special session, Suleman Lalani, Supreme Court, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, Vikki Goodwin | 3 Comments

Quorum break Day 4 roundup: So what is the FBI doing?

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Nobody knows. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn announced that the FBI has granted his request to investigate and locate the Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state in an attempt to stop the passage of new GOP-favored congressional maps. A spokesperson … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged California, Congress, Constitution, Donald Trump, Election 2026, FBI, Gene Wu, Greg Abbott, Illinois, Indiana, JD Vance, John Cornyn, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, New York, quorum, redistricting, special session, Supreme Court, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

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