On Sunday, two weeks into a special session Governor Greg Abbott called to take up President Donald Trump’s request to redraw state congressional maps, 56 of the 62 Democrats in the Texas House left the state. The lower chamber requires a two-thirds majority present to function, so by not showing up, the minority party hopes to slow down the effort that could allow the GOP to pick up as many as five additional seats in the United States House of Representatives in 2026.Quorum breaks aren’t unprecedented in Texas—Dems responded to a similar mid-decade redistricting bid in 2003 by doing the same, and they did it again in 2021, over a bill to add new voter restrictions to the state’s election code—but successful ones are rare.…
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