(CBS News Texas) - A second special session was called Friday after the Texas House failed to make a quorum for a sixth time in a row, amid Democrats leaving the state to protest a redistricting plan expected to favor Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called the special session , which starts Friday at 12 p.m.

After failing to reach a quorum Tuesday morning for the fifth time in more than a week, Republican leaders announced that if they can’t reach a quorum again this Friday at 10 a.m. Friday, both the House and Senate will wrap up the special session. There were 95 lawmakers present on Friday, failing to make a quorum.

Gov. Abbott has said he will call a special session over and over if necessary.

“Delinquent House Democrats ran away from th

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