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August 5, 2025

"We Are At War": New York Gov. Hochul to Abandon Nonpartisan Redistricting
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In New York, Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the state
would abandon independent, nonpartisan redistricting after Texas
Republicans pushed a new congressional map that would give the GOP five
extra seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Governor Hochul was
joined by Texas Democratic legislators who fled the state to block the
GOP's redistricting effort.

Gov. Kathy Hochul: "This is a war. We are at war. And that's why the
gloves are off. And I say, 'Bring it on.'"



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