Dems Are in Their “Revenge Gerrymander” Era and This Zellennial Candidate Is Here for It
August 4, 2025
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2:16Now PlayingDems Are in Their “Revenge Gerrymander” Era and This Zellennial Candidate Is Here for It
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In his latest video, Mother Jones video correspondent @GarrisonHayes asks, should Democrats be revenge gerrymandering?
"Hell yeah," says Texas congressional candidate Isaiah Martin.
On Sunday evening, Texas House Democrats fled the state to try to block an effort by state Republicans to redraw the state's congressional map and flips five districts from blue to red. Some Democrats are now looking for blue states to return the favor. Garrison asked Isaiah Martin, candidate for Texas’s 18th congressional district, for his thoughts on how Democrats should approach this moment.
Martin, 27, has skin in the game. A Houston native, he’s spent much of his young life working in politics, including as an advisor to the late Congresswoman Shiela Jackson-Lee. Last week, Martin made headlines when he was arrested for disrupting a local redistricting hearing when he refused to yield once his time had expired.
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