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Celerity

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Wed Aug 13, 2025, 12:25 PM Aug 2025

Texas Senate passes GOP-friendly House map

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5449171-texas-senate-passes-gop-map/

The Texas Senate passed a GOP-friendly House map on Tuesday, putting it a step closer to final passage in the state Legislature.

The upper chamber voted 19-2 to pass a new set of congressional lines that would give Republicans five pickup opportunities in the U.S. House ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, identical to the map the state House is trying to pass.

A group of Senate Democrats left the session, saying in a statement, “We walked out because this session should be about flood relief, not politics. Texans deserve leaders who put people first.”

Texas state Sens. Juan Hinojosa (D) and Judith Zaffirini (D) remained in the chamber, according to The Dallas Morning News.

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Texas Senate passes GOP-friendly House map (Original Post) Celerity Aug 2025 OP
I hope their move causes 10 other seats to flip next year! Omnipresent Aug 2025 #1
And NO Texas Democrats threw in the towel MagickMuffin Aug 2025 #2

MagickMuffin

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2. And NO Texas Democrats threw in the towel
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 05:37 PM
Aug 2025


And the Texas Democratic Senators voted NO!

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