Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating the partisan redistricting fight by asking a judge to hold progressive activist Beto O'Rourke in contempt

"[H]e still thinks he’s above the law, so I’m working to put him behind bars," the Texas attorney general said.

A Texas judge temporarily barred O'Rourke's group last week from raising or spending funds to aid Democrats who fled the state on redistricting.