Texas’s heavily Democratic 18th Congressional District has an empty seat. State law gives Greg Abbott the power to delay the election to fill it.
Texas’s GOP Governor Can Arbitrarily Deny Democrats a Seat in Congress Until Next Year
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/21/texas-greg-abbott-house-democrats-special-election/
13 Comments
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 39 pts · 1y
No representation you say?
oxysis@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 1y
With taxation you say?
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 1y
:: eye twitches in Bostonian::
ninjabard@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 1y
Vote his dumb ass out. Abbott does not represent Texans nor has he ever stood for anyone's interests but his own.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y
Too many of them have been smoking cow patties for too long to change that.
dion_starfire@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Sadly that's nearly impossible due to gerrymandering. For example, this is one of the districts in the state shaped to confine as many blue votes as possible to a single district: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%27s_35th_congressional_district
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 1y
Governor is a statewide race, gerrymandering may discourage a certain amount of voting due to apathy, but it doesn't really change how votes are counted.
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Also, Biden AND Harris received more votes than Abbott did in the last three races. We have the votes to remove him, just not the will.
uberdroog@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
People need to leave the states that hate them. I know its hard and money and all but GTFO.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 14 pts · 1y
Are people from the district protesting not having representation?
DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
This is the inevitable result of Democrats always running geriatric candidates.
RumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
This makes perfect sense in the Banner State. If a representative is weak enough to die (or w**** enough to retire early) their p***** derserve a punishment.
Manticore@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 1y
Trying to deconstruct what words mysterious need censoring
If you're witch enough to retire, you getting your pussy punished