Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows signed arrest warrants for dozens of Democrats on Monday, pledging to use state law enforcement officers to bring the lawmakers back to the State Capitol.
Dozens of Democratic House members left Texas on Sunday for Chicago, New York, and Boston to block a vote on a Republican plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps.
Texas State Rep. Jolanda Jones joined fellow Texas Democrats in leaving the state on Sunday to break quorum and block the GOP’s redistricting blitz.
Rep. Linda Garcia (D-Mesquite) is one of nearly 60 Texas House members that left the state on Aug. 3 to stop Gov. Gregg Abbott’s special session, and in turn, a Republican plan to flip five US House seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Several Texas Democrats—including US Reps. Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas), Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Greg Casar (D-Austin), and Al Green (D-Houston)—made their way to Austin earlier this month to testify against redistricting plans.
