AUSTIN, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott has signed warrants to arrest lawmakers who left the state in a dramatic fight over redistricting.

Dozens of Texas House Democrats are now in party strongholds, including Chicago, Albany and Boston after they broke quorum Sunday, delaying a vote on a controversial new map that would give Republicans five more seats in Congress.

Democrats believe fleeing the state is their best option, though the Texas Legislature is currently at a standstill.

Representative Ann Johnson from Houston is one of many Democrats who now have warrants out for their arrest.

“This is not normal to redistrict. We’re not supposed to do this midway through the game; everybody resets the playing board at the beginning of every decade,” Rep. Johnson told our sister station WFAA

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