By NADIA LATHAN and SOPHIA TAREEN, Related Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Texas Democrats on Thursday moved nearer to ending a virtually two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP’s redrawing of U.S. Home maps earlier than the 2026 election and put them underneath escalating threats by Republicans again residence.
The Democrats introduced they may return as long as Texas Republicans finish a particular session and California releases its personal redrawn map proposal, each of which had been anticipated to occur Friday.
Democrats didn’t say what day they may return.
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott nonetheless intends to push via new maps that might give the GOP 5 extra winnable seats earlier than subsequent 12 months’s midterm elections.
Texas Home Democrats stated in a press release that underneath the recommendation of authorized counsel, they wanted to return to the state to “construct a powerful public legislative file” for an upcoming authorized battle in opposition to a brand new map.
“Now, as Democrats throughout the nation be part of our struggle to trigger these maps to fail their political goal, we’re ready to deliver this battle again to Texas underneath the fitting situations and to take this struggle to the courts,” stated state Rep. Gene Wu, the Home Democratic chief.
Lathan reported from Austin.
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