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Obama praises Democrats who fled Texas redistricting vote as ‘inspiring’

Former President Barack Obama praised a group of Texas Democratic lawmakers for fleeing their state to stop a vote on a ...

Texas redistricting fight shakes up battle lines for both parties in key US Senate race

Just as Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Colin Allred was holding a town hall near the Mexican border as part of an “unrig ...

Obama applauds Texas Democrats for fighting back against gerrymandering

We can’t let a systematic assault on democracy just happen and stand by,” the former president said on a Zoom call with Texas ...

Obama firmly weighs in on Trump-backed plan in Texas

Former President Barack Obama praised Texas Democrats who left their state to block the passage of a GOP-led redistricting ...

Obama claps back at critics over gerrymandering accusations in Texas redistricting battle

Barack Obama defended Democrats for launching retaliatory redistricting plans responding to Texas Republicans’ battle to redraw their state's congressional map.

‘A responsible approach’: Obama backs Democratic response to Republican hardball

Under normal circumstances, the former president would not back a Democratic plan for mid-decade redistricting. But these are ...

Obama joins the fight as Democrats plan payback for Trump's Texas scheme to rig midterms

Even as it seems entirely inevitable that Texas Republicans will follow through on their goal of gerrymandering the state to ...