DALLAS — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he’s investigating Powered by People over reports the group founded by former El Paso congressman Beto O’Rourke has been raising money to support Texas House Democrats who left the state amid an ongoing battle over redistricting.

Dozens of those lawmakers were no shows earlier this week in order to deny Republicans a quorum and block action on a rare mid-decade congressional redistricting effort intended to flip five seats to the GOP.

Many of the Democrats who left the state headed to the Chicago area where they have been giving interviews highlighting their position that the Republicans’ proposed map represents an illegal attempt to stifle minority voices.

Top Texas Republicans have been exploring ways to pressure Democrats to return. The

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