For those not in the know, Texas is about to undergo a seismic redistricting process, where state lawmakers will get together to redraw Texas' 38 congressional districts. It's a process that is required by law to happen every decade, when the census numbers decide how many seats in Congress a state gets and how people should be crammed into them.

North Texans will have a chance to speak on plans to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts. The Texas House’s redistricting committee will hold a public hearing at 5 p.m. July 28 at the University of Texas at Arlington.

O'Rouke said Republicans were more focused on being in power, while Democrats were more focused on being right.

Texas Democrats know they have few options to stop Republicans from redrawing the state’s congressional maps exactly as the president wants them. They do, however, have a nuclear option.

The Congressional Voting Rights Caucus spoke to reporters Wednesday afternoon as hearings around redistricting — efforts led by Republicans and supported by President Trump — in the Lone Star State are set to begin.

As Republicans prepare to tackle congressional redistricting during the special session, Democrats weigh their options.

Republican Eric Flores launched a campaign on Monday to oust Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) and flip Texas’s 34th Congressional District red. Flores, an Army veteran and lawyer from Mission, announced his bid to challenge Gonzalez as Republicans in the state’s GOP-controlled state legislature eye redistricting efforts,