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Daily Dispatch 7/25/25: CD-18 Candidate Isaiah Martin Tackled And Arrested at Redistricting Hearing, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:At the conclusion of last night's contentious hearing on Texas Republicans' push to redraw our congressional maps - at the behest of Donald Trump and with no actual maps to show - Isaiah Martin, one of the Democratic candidates for Houston's District 18, was taken to the floor twice by Capitol security and arrested by DPS on multiple misdemeanor charges: https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/tempers-flare-at-texas-redistricting-hearing-as-critics-slam-mid-cycle-map-effort...Several prominent Democrats were present to testify against the…
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