In part one of our two-part look at the 2026 Democratic and Republican primaries, Matthew and Eleanor talk to Texas Democratic Party Chair Kendall Scudder.

“Donald Trump is attempting to rig the next election,” Talarico told Jen Psaki Tuesday night.

Texas Democrats know they have few options to stop Republicans from redrawing the state’s congressional maps exactly as the president wants them. They do, however, have a nuclear option.

As Republicans prepare to tackle congressional redistricting during the special session, Democrats weigh their options.

President Donald Trump pitched a key group of Texas Republicans on his strategy for keeping his party in power in the midterms: redrawing those members’ districts to allow for even more GOP seats. Kendall Scudder,

With few options to prevent the Republican majority from passing a new congressional map, Democrats threatened to filibuster, delay hearings and even break quorum.

With an ambitious agenda before them, Texas lawmakers kicked off the first of what could be several special sessions.

On his podcast, Joe Rogan told Texas State Rep. James Talarico (D) that he should run for president. Rogan was an influential supporter of President Trump during the 2024 campaign. Talarico joined CNN’s Laura Coates to talk about how Democrats can retake power.

Some Texas Democrats are pressing for the release of records from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation as the Trump administration scrambles to satisfy conservative voices demanding the same thing.