Coined over two centuries ago, the term "gerrymander" emerged in the US as a pejorative descriptor for the political ...

As bad as House Democrats in Texas look, I have a bigger complaint about Republican legislators' efforts to redraw ...

Three Democrats who fled Texas to block a GOP effort to redraw congressional maps told CBS News they'll stay out of the state ...

The governor had threatened to kick Democrats out of office after dozens fled the state to prevent new district lines from ...

The two Texas House representatives have commented on the redistricting vote and the Democrats’ decision to leave the state in order to break quorum.

Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows announced this afternoon he would sign arrest warrants against any absent Democrat ...

Dozens of Texas Democrats left the state to protest a redistricting map, facing potentially steep consequences. Lawmaker ...

The Trump-inspired plan aimed at redrawing Texas' congressional maps has thrust the nation into a gerrymander war with ...

Minutes later, as they stared at their phones, Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated the ordering of their arrest. The atmosphere, ...

Democrats might finally have learned something about Donald Trump — if they hope to beat him, they must get down in the ...

On Aug. 5, 1962, police arrested South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela on charges he incited worker strikes ...

The effort would take aim at maps redrawn in Texas for Republican advantage or in California to help Democrats.