Texas Dems Ready to End Redistricting Walkout
15th August 2025
Texas Democrats on Thursday moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP’s redrawing of U.S. House maps before the 2026 election and put them under escalating threats by Republicans back home.
The Democrats announced they will return provided that Texas Republicans end a special session and California releases its own redrawn map proposal, both of which were expected to happen Friday.
Democrats did not say what day they might return.
Abbot has already said that he will call special sessions repeatedly until they get their redistricing scheme passed. I suspect that this ‘flee the jurisdiction’ trick was just a virtue-signaling stunt.