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AG PAXTON LAUNCHES LEGAL ASSAULT TO UNSEAT DEMOCRATS BLOCKING PARTISAN VOTING MAPS [1]

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Date: 2025-08-08 21:28:30+00:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

AUGUST 8, 2025

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Monica Escobedo, [email protected]

AUSTIN— Today, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit to unseat 13 Democratic state lawmakers for leaving the state to block passage of Republicans’ partisan redistricting map. Under pressure from President Donald Trump, Governor Greg Abbott called a special session in July to pass redistricting maps that would create five additional Republican seats.

Stand Up America’s Managing Director of Policy & Political Affairs, Brett Edkins, issued the following statement on the announcement:

“Ken Paxton and Texas Republicans are so desperate to pass their partisan redistricting scheme that they’re launching a baseless legal assault to unseat democratically elected lawmakers. It’s just the latest threat against lawmakers who refuse to carry out Trump’s demands and rig congressional maps to bank five new Republican congressional districts. The courts shouldn’t entertain this undemocratic attack for even one second.



“Instead of helping flood victims or addressing the issues that people really care about, Texas’ Republican leaders are putting Donald Trump first and threatening to leave thousands of Texans without representation. We stand with the courageous Democratic lawmakers blocking this partisan power grab orchestrated by Trump and urge them to keep up the fight.”

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Website: StandUpAmerica.com

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