Border Report – Border Report Live: Texas lawmakers broke quorum to stop redistricting in the past

HARLINGEN, Texas (Border Report) — In 2003, then-House Democratic Caucus Chairman state Rep. Jim Dunnam, of Waco, led over 50 fellow Democrats to Oklahoma from Texas to break quorum on a proposed redistricting plan.

Now history appears to be repeating itself as over 50 Democratic lawmakers from Texas have once again left the Lone Star State to avoid a redistricting vote set to begin today in Austin.

In today’s Border Report Live, Dunnam talks with South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez and host Rudy Mireles about the five days his group spent in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and what he believes it accomplished.

They’ll discuss the current redistricting proposal that would alter five congressional seats to be more Republican-leaning, and how that could change minority voting and voting in border regions.

Also, David Becker of the Center for Election Innovation and Research will talk with California correspondent Salvador Rivera about redistricting and how it affects elections and whether a change to Texas’ congressional maps will have a ripple effect through the country, especially as there are calls for Democrats in California, Illinois and New York to do the same thing in their states.

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Sandra Sanchez can be reached at SSanchez@BorderReport.com.

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