DALLAS — In a dramatic but familiar move, more than 51 Texas House Democrats left the state on Sunday , once again using the tactic of breaking quorum to stall a Republican-backed redistricting plan that would give the GOP five more seats in Congress.

This latest standoff is just the latest chapter in a long-running Texas tradition that goes back more than 150 years. From a walkout during Reconstruction to high-profile flights in 2003 and 2021, Texas lawmakers, particularly Democrats, have repeatedly left the state to stop legislation they see as extreme or unfair.

The last time this happened was in 2021, when House Democrats took off for Washington, D.C., to protest Senate Bill 1 . It was a Republican-backed measure that made it harder to vote by mail and rolled back local efforts t

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