AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Friday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Democratic state lawmakers who left the state during the special session to block action on redistricting bills. The lawsuit, filed in the Supreme Court of Texas, seeks to declare 13 Texas House seats have been vacated due to "unlawful" absences by Democrat legislators who have failed to meet the return deadline set by Speaker Dustin Burrows.

“The rogue Democrat legislators who fled the state have abandoned their duties, leaving their seats vacant,” Paxton said. “These cowards deliberately sabotaged the constitutional process and violated the oath they swore to uphold. Their out-of-state rebellion cannot go unchecked, and the business of Texas must go on."

Texas State Rep. John Bucy III, D-Austin, respon

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