QUINCY (WGEM) - Texas is seeking help from Illinois to hold Democrats who fled the Lone Star State in contempt and domesticate warrants.

A petition, filed in the 8th Judicial Circuit in Adams County, names 33 Texas state representatives who are presently located in Illinois.

This comes in the wake of about 50 Texas House Democrats who broke quorum to avoid a vote on congressional redistricting.

The petition states, “Texas seeks enforcement of the rule of law in Illinois, the assistance of Illinois law enforcement officials, and this Court’s assistance, to lawfully return to Texas the Respondent legislators who fled to Illinois to evade their duties to participate in the ongoing Special Session of the Texas Legislature.”

The petition states that on Aug. 5, Illinois Attorney General Kwam

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