'A responsible approach': Obama backs Democratic response to Republican redistricting

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‘A responsible approach’: Obama backs Democratic response to Republican hardball Under normal circumstances, the former president would not back a Democratic plan for mid-decade redistricting. But these are not normal circumstances.

Aug. 21, 2025, 9:38 AM EDT

By Steve Benen

Democrats in the Texas legislature were able to delay the Republicans’ mid-decade redistricting scheme, but only temporarily. The partisan gambit to redraw the state’s district lines to give the GOP an even greater advantage is now advancing in Austin and appears on track to reach Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk in the coming days.

There is effectively nothing Democrats in Texas can do to derail the scheme, but Democrats in California have a response in mind: If Republicans in the Lone Star State can ri