Texas House Democrats who fled the state to break quorum and stall a GOP redistricting plan announced on Thursday that they will return to Texas only once “two critical conditions” are met.

The conditions are the legislature’s adjournment sine die on Friday, as well as the introduction of redistricting maps in California that would “neutralize” the proposed Texas changes, according to a new statement from the House Democratic Caucus.

Texas Democrats fled the state earlier this month in a bid to deprive the state Legislature of the numbers it needs to function, stalling the GOP-friendly redistricting proposal from moving through an ongoing special session.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is expected to call another special session, after the state House and Senate signaled that both chambers will s

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