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Abbott threatens expanding new map to give GOP eight more seats if Texas Democrats don’t return

By Ross O'Keefe
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Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) said he would draw a congressional map that is even more favorable to Republicans if Texas Democrats do not return soon.

Abbott’s new map would boost Republicans to eight additional House seats, up from the five proposed initially, if the Democrats who left to deny the Texas legislature a quorum do not return, he said on a Friday episode of the Ruthless Podcast.

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