Texas Dems also skipped town in 2021 to avoid a vote, and several caught COVID-19 in DC

Texas House Democrats departed the state Sunday in an attempt to halt a redistricting Monday vote, claiming that the legislation is "using an intentionally racist map" to undermine the voices of Black and Latino voters in the state of Texas. 

Democrats’ absence means that Republicans are unable to go ahead with a scheduled vote under House rules, blocking the potential passage of redistricting legislation that would establish a new congressional map that could lead to five new GOP U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterm elections. 

"This is not a decision we make lightly, but it is one we make with absolute moral clarity," state Rep. Gene Wu, the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, said in a statement Sunday.

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