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Texas AG asks judge to arrest Beto O'Rourke for redistricting battle fundraising

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked a judge to jail Beto O'Rourke for fundraising efforts connected to the state’s ...

Trump ally Ken Paxton escalates Texas redistricting fight with call for Beto O’Rourke to be jailed

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ratcheted up President Donald Trump’s congressional redistricting ...

Texas AG Paxton files motion of contempt against O’Rourke

(The Center Square) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a motion for contempt against former U.S. Rep. Robert ...

Paxton urges Texas judge to jail Beto O’Rourke over fundraising related to redistricting fight

Paxton’s request to jail a political rival comes amid calls by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Paxton and their allies to arrest ...

Texas legal battles over redistricting swell; second special session set

"If we still do not have a quorum on Friday, the House and the Senate will sine die this session, and the Governor will ...
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In redistricting clash, Texas GOP flexes power to shut down Democrats' last tool of resistance

Since Democratic lawmakers left Texas to delay Republicans’ new map, state leaders have challenged the limits of traditional ...

Paxton and Cornyn, facing off for Senate, use their official powers in Texas redistricting fight

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the man he is vying to unseat in next year’s Republican primary, US Sen. John Cornyn, ...

Ken Paxton sues to remove 13 Democrats who fled Texas over redistricting

"These cowards deliberately sabotaged the constitutional process and violated the oath they swore to uphold," Paxton said in ...