More than 50 Texas House Democrats have fled the state to try to stop Republican state lawmakers from redrawing congressional districts maps that could help the GOP flip five Democratic seats during the 2026 midterm elections.

Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.

Texas House Democrats have left the state in order to derail a Republican-driven redistricting plan designed to flip up to five congressional seats from blue to red. After a House committee voted Sunday to advance a redistricting bill to the full body,