Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett will no longer run for reelection to his seat if Republicans' redrawn House map isn't shot down in court.

The House Democrats who broke quorum to block GOP redistricting and stopped all activity in the chamber for two weeks have each been fined more than $9,000, according to a letter dated Thursday from the chairman of the House Administration Committee.

All three Democrats are either declared or potential contenders for the Senate seat on the ballot in next year's midterm elections. In what would typically be a quiet period in Texas politics, Republicans have roiled the state's 2026 Senate campaign with their rush to redraw congressional maps to give Trump more allies in Congress.

Republican lawmakers are pursuing the unusual mid-decade redistricting plan amid pressure from President Donald Trump to protect the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House.

Texas Senate Democrats plan to filibuster the House-passed redistricting map during floor debate on Friday in a last-ditch effort to delay the final passage of the plan to create five new winnable seats for the GOP.

The Texas Senate on Saturday approved new congressional maps drawn to help Republicans win as many as five more House seats in next year’s midterm elections.

California lawmakers voted mostly along party lines Thursday to approve legislation calling for a special election in November to approve a redrawn congressional map.

While Gov. Greg Abbott blasted through a Democratic blockade and advanced a new congressional map, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is eying a new map in his state.

A plan by Texas House Democrats to block a Republican redistricting effort until the complete release of the Jeffrey Epstein files failed on Wednesday. Why it matters: The Democratic effort, which aimed to put pressure on the Trump administration regarding the president's association with Epstein,