The redistricting battles cannot carry on without deadlines. In many states, including Texas, candidates must file for next year’s primary ballots before the end of this year.

More than 50 Texas Democratic lawmakers have left state Lawmakers want to block Republican redistricting plan California governor vows to 'fight fire with fire' Trump urges 'whatever is necessary ...

Texas Democrats are in Illinois, Massachusetts and New York to discuss their options with governors and legislators sympathetic to their case. In Austin, House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock ...

State Rep. John McQueeney, R-Fort Worth, at a map before a July 24 committee hearing on congressional redistricting at the state Capitol in Austin on July 24.

Texas Democrats have left the state in an attempt to sabotage the Republican plan, which has a 30-day time limit in the special session that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott convened on July 25.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has threatened the more than 50 liberal lawmakers with expulsion from the state House, if they do not return to Austin by 3 p.m. CT Aug. 4.

A map of proposed plan for Texas' US Congressional Districts is seen at a public hearing on congressional redistricting in Austin, Texas, on Friday. - Eric Gay/AP ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Texas House Representative Joe Moody is staying in Austin as many of his Democratic colleagues have left the in protest of the current redistricting plan being debated on ...

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The outcome of the political battle over Texas’ redistricting effort is already having major implications across the ...