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Texas Democrats set plan to end nearly 2-week walkout over Republicans’ redraw of US House maps
Texas Democrats plan to return after the special session ends and California proposes redistricting to counteract GOP efforts that aim to add five Republican seats, escalating a national redistricting conflict.
- Texas House Democrats fled the state to block Republican efforts to redraw congressional maps before a special session adjourns on Friday, August 15, 2025.
- The Democrats set two conditions for their return: Texas Republicans must end the special session and California must release its own redistricting plan intended to counter GOP gains.
- Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu stated lawmakers will return after the session adjourns and California introduces redistricting maps, while preparing to litigate claims that maps violate the Voting Rights Act.
- Wu emphasized their resolute opposition to the suggested congressional district map labeled as a Jim Crow design, while California Senator Sabrina Cervantes stated that if Texas retracts its plan, California will do the same and withdraw its ballot initiative.
- This standoff signals continued legal and political battles over redistricting, with Democrats mobilizing nationally to block GOP maps that aim to secure five more winnable Republican seats.
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Texas Democrats Set Conditions for Return
Democratic legislators who left Texas to block Republicans from redrawing the state's congressional map indicated Thursday that their return is in sight. Their House Caucus issued a statement saying its members will go back to Texas if two conditions are met, Politico reports, and both appear on track to be...
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Texas Democrats set plan to end walkout over Republicans' redraw of US House maps
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his state will move forward with a plan to redraw maps to help his party win more House seats in 2026.
House Democrats announce they will conditionally return this weekend
The quorum break may be over this weekend, just under two weeks after it began. House Democrats have announced that they will return under the conditions that the first special session adjourns, and that California introduces new congressional maps of its own.
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