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For months, political fighting in Texas consumed the nation’s attention, as Republicans, at Donald Trump’s insistence, redrew their state’s electoral map in a bid to hold more seats for the GOP. It was part of a larger struggle over control of Congress in next year’s midterm elections, but now the conflict has broadened: to California, where Gavin Newsom’s Democrats are trying to squeeze more Democratic seats out of their map; to Indiana, where Republicans are hoping to repeat what they did in Texas on a smaller scale; and to other states across the country.

But back in Texas, this clash has had significant consequences, including for high-profile Democrat Beto O’

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