TYLER, Texas (KETK) - As Democrats in the Texas State House have left the state in order to prevent the passage of new congressional maps, KETK caught up with East Texas party leaders to get their take on the situation.

On Monday, the Texas House of Representatives was stopped in the midst of a special session as more than fifty Democratic State Representatives left the state to deny the legislature a quorum, or the necessary amount of members for the chamber to meet.

The move was prompted by a Republican-led effort to redraw the state's map of districts for U.S. House of Representatives members to create an additional five Republican seats in the national legislature.

KETK's Nolan Hoffman spoke with Smith County Democratic Party Chair Hector Garza on Wednesday. Garza said he supports h

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