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Texas Democrats flee to Illinois in bid to stop GOP maps from advancing

August 3, 2025
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Texas House Democrats announced on Sunday that they were leaving the state in a bid to stop Republicans from advancing House maps that would give the GOP five more pickup opportunities ahead of 2026.

The Texas Democrats said they were denying Republicans a quorum, or the minimum number of lawmakers needed present in order to conduct legislative business, following a similar tactic they employed the last time the GOP pursued midcycle redistricting in 2003.

“This is not a decision we make lightly, but it is one we make with absolute moral clarity,” Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu said in a statement.

“Governor Abbott has turned the victims of a historic tragedy into political hostages in his submission to Donald Trump. He is using an intentionally racist map to steal the voices of millions of Black and Latino Texans, all to execute a corrupt political deal,” he continued. “Apathy is complicity, and we will not be complicit in the silencing of hard-working communities who have spent decades fighting for the power that Trump wants to steal.”

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) is set to hold a press conference with the Texas Democrats later on Sunday.

Their move to break quorum underscores how the party is willing to use all of the tools at its disposal in order to stop Republicans from passing a friendlier GOP House map before the end of the 30-day special session.

The Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting advanced the proposed set of new House lines on Saturday, teeing up for a vote before the entire House this week. Because the Texas GOP holds majorities in both chambers and governor’s mansion, Democrats face few good options in order to stop them from passing.

Breaking quorum could be costly for the more than 50 state lawmakers who left the state: Each faces a daily penalty of $500 and the possibility of being arrested.

“The Texas House will be convening at 3:00pm tomorrow,” Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows (D) said in a post on X. “If a quorum is not present then, to borrow the recent talking points from some of my Democrat colleagues, all options will be on the table. . .”



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