Democratic lawmakers in Texas said they were leaving the state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts.

Democrats have cast the decision to leave the state as a last-ditch effort to stop Republicans from pushing through a rare mid-decade redrawing of the congressional map.

Opposition lawmakers stage exodus to thwart Republican bid to redraw electoral map by denying them a quorum, inspiring ...

Democratic statehouse legislators are planning to leave Texas on Sunday in order to break the quorum of a special legislative ...

Some states have independent commissions that draw and approve maps during the redistricting process, while others are directed by state legislatures.

Dozens of Texas Democratic lawmakers skipped town on Sunday in an extraordinary maneuver seeking to prevent a redistricting ...

Texas Democrats expressed defiance Sunday following Gov. Greg Abbott's threat to remove them from office for leaving the ...

The move is expected to prevent the Texas House from reaching the quorum needed to hold a vote on an aggressively redrawn ...

Democrats are out of power in Washington but hold 23 governors' seats, including in five of the seven presidential ...

Gov. Greg Abbott warned Texas House Democrats that they will be expelled from office if they don't return to vote on a proposed redistricting map.

While the Democrats could technically derail the GOP’s redistricting map, such efforts have been largely symbolic and had ...

Texas House Democrats spoke during a news conference in Chicago after fleeing the state to avoid voting on a redistricting ...