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Texas Democrats Stay in State Capitol to Protest Mandatory Monitoring

Rep. Nicole Collier is one of dozens of Democrats who fled Texas earlier this month to block a vote on a Trump-backed redistricting plan.

HuffPost on MSN · 2d

More Texas Democrats Spent The Night At The State Capitol In Protest

More Texas House Democrats spent the night at the state Capitol in Austin in support of Rep. Nicole Collier, who wasn’t allowed to leave the building after she refused to consent to a police escort. Texas House Republican leaders would only allow Democratic lawmakers to return to their homes if they signed waivers allowing law enforcement to shadow them until a vote on redistricting Wednesday.

USA TODAY on MSN · 3d

Lawmaker spends night in Texas Capitol, and could stay longer. Here's why.

Democratic State Rep. Nicole Collier is hunkering down in the Texas Capitol building in protest of Republican leadership assigning law enforcement officers to monitor the state's Democratic caucus, after dozens fled the state for two weeks in attempts to halt a vote on new congressional maps that would advantage the GOP in next year's elections.

Texas, GOP and House

Texas Legislature OKs GOP map adding up to 5 new Republican-leaning House seats

Texas lawmakers pass GOP-backed congressional map. Gov. Greg Abbott to sign. Democrats say it weakens minority votes and vow legal challenge.

Texas' Republican-controlled House approves new maps to create more winnable GOP congressional seats

Texas' Republican-controlled House approved maps to create more winnable GOP congressional seats, and California's legislature is next in line to approve new maps.

The Latest: Texas House approves new congressional maps that favor GOP in 2026 midterms

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives passed Wednesday a redrawn congressional map that creates up to five new winnable GOP seats in Congress, further deepening a national redistricting battle between states.

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Amid redistricting protests, Texas State Capitol cleared of visitors after reported social media threat

The Texas State Capitol was cleared of visitors Tuesday evening and closed to the public after a social media threat, the ...

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Is this legal? A look at why North Texas Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier remains in state Capitol

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

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Texas Capitol evacuated amid active shooter threat; Rep. Collier remains inside

Tensions ran high at the Texas State Capitol as an active shooter threat prompted the evacuation of the building on Monday night.State Represen ...

12hon MSN

Exclusive: Gene Wu joins strategy call with Democratic legislators about fighting GOP-run redistricting beyond Texas

Texas state Rep. Gene Wu joined a private strategy call on Thursday with Democratic leaders from other GOP-led states that ...

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Texas Democrat says she's locked inside state Capitol after refusing mandatory DPS escort

Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier from Fort Worth returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday but says she remains locked ...

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TX Dem who was allegedly threatened with a ‘felony’ for taking call from State Capitol speaks out

House Republicans in Texas are about to pass a Trump-backed congressional map meant to strip Democrats of five U.S. House ...

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Democratic Texas lawmaker passes 24-hour mark on state House floor after refusing GOP demand for law enforcement escort

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier has now spent over 24 hours on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a ...

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These states in addition to Texas and California where parties could redraw maps

A proposed map from Texas Republicans would flip five districts red by merging Democratic seats in the Houston, Austin, and ...

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