I will not sit on the sidelines with timid souls and merely watch while Republicans dismantle democracy,” – wrote Governor Kathy Hochul in an op-ed published Tuesday in the Houston Chronicle.The op-ed was published a day after she welcomed a group of Texas Democrats who fled their state in a move to block a redistricting vote,

The political skirmish over redistricting comes as the administration of President Donald J. Trump seeks to flip five Democrat congressional seats in Texas

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state will be redrawing its district lines as soon as possible and that “the gloves are off” in a national fight over redistricting. “This is a war. We are at war," Hochul,