Texas Republicans’ move to redraw the state’s congressional map to strip the Democrats of five seats has set off a national redistricting arms race.
Democratic governors denounced Texas’s move as unprompted and viewed their own redistricting as a retaliatory measure. Republican governors argued that Democrats have long set a precedent of aggressive redistricting. Other governors aren’t so sure.
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Here’s where states that could be redistricting stand:
Texas
Texas became the epicenter of the redistricting fight on July 30 when it unveiled its proposal