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Texas Redistricting Vote Stalled as Democrats Maintain Boycott

State officials are using fines with arrest warrants to force lawmakers back to Austin as Democratic governors plan counter-redistricting.

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Demokratische Abgeordnete aus den USA und ihre Unterstützer protestieren vor dem Massachusetts State House in Boston.
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Overview

  • More than 50 Texas Democratic legislators remain in Illinois and New York to deny the two-thirds quorum needed for the off-cycle redistricting vote.
  • Republicans seek to fracture Democratic and minority-majority districts to secure five additional U.S. House seats ahead of the 2026 midterms.
  • Attorney General Ken Paxton has imposed daily fines and issued civil arrest warrants to compel absent lawmakers to return to the Capitol.
  • Governor Greg Abbott convened the special session after a Justice Department order to amend several majority-Black and Hispanic districts.
  • Democratic governors in Illinois and California are preparing reciprocal redistricting measures and legal challenges in response to Texas’s tactics.