Texas state Rep. Jolanda “Jo” Jones, a Democrat from Houston, looks through U.S. Congressional District maps during a redistricting hearing at the Texas Capitol last week. Some Texas Democrats traveled to the Chicago area Sunday as part of a walkout to block the redistricting plan. AP

Democratic Texas state lawmakers fled Austin for the Chicago suburbs Sunday to block a controversial redistricting plan that likely would hand Republicans more seats in Congress.

The walkout, Democrats say, will prevent the Texas House from having the quorum needed to pass the Republican proposal that could flip as many as five of the state’s 38 U.S. House seats to the GOP.

Members of the Texas House Democratic Caucus and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are scheduled to discuss the walkout during a press confer

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