Texas House Democrats who fled the state to stall a Republican redistricting plan have signaled they’re ready to return to the Lone Star State in the coming days. The Texas state legislature wrapped up its first special session on Friday,

After leaving the state to block the G.O.P. from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, Democratic lawmakers are keeping the pressure on from afar.

Republican leaders announced that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15, both the House and Senate will wrap up the special session.

Congressional redistricting battle intensifies as California vows to counter Texas GOP maps while Democratic lawmakers end their walkout protest.

Texas Democrats have 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.

The absence of the Democratic lawmakers meant the House did not have a quorum, or the two-thirds majority needed to hold a debate on a bill to redraw the state's congressional districts that could add five seats favoring Republicans. That prompted a Republican-backed motion for their civil arrests to force them to return.

Democrats' absence has halted work in the Texas House, which must also approve the new boundaries, for more than a week.

The jockeying in the nation’s two most populous states underscores the stakes for both parties in the narrowly divided House that could determine the fate of President Donald Trump’s agenda in the second half of his term.