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Texas Democrats End 2-Week Walkout, Setting Up Vote on Congressional Map Favoring Republicans

The vote could come on Aug. 18.
Texas Democrats End 2-Week Walkout, Setting Up Vote on Congressional Map Favoring Republicans
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows gavels in on the fourth day legislators lacked a quorum because Democratic lawmakers left the state denying Republicans the opportunity to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Nuri Vallbona/File Photo
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Texas Democrats announced they are returning after a two-week walkout blocking Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts in favor of the GOP before the 2026 midterm elections.

Democratic leaders say they’ll return for a second special legislative session beginning Aug. 18 in light of California Democratic leaders’ decision to attempt to redraw their own U.S. House maps to cancel out any Republican gains in Texas.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.