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Democrats’ Redistricting Efforts Must Focus on January 2029 to Avoid a Trump Coup

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Mario Nicolais
Dec 15, 2025
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In the redistricting wars Republicans started in Texas, Democrats have focused on the wrong date. Every elected official and talking head jumping on the bandwagon points to November 2026.

Instead they must focus on January 2029. Specifically, January 3, 2029.

Under the Twentieth Amendment, the term of representatives elected in…

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