DALLAS — Almost a dozen Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives refused to return to the state capitol on Monday with their colleagues despite the legislature now having enough members present for a quorum and to conduct business.

The holdouts remain in suburban Chicago in a symbolic standoff against Governor Abbott who called the Texas legislature into a special legislative session to redraw congressional lines that will help President Trump keep control of Congress through the 2026 mid-term elections.

“I decided to deny quorum because I wanted to stop those racist maps from moving forward,” said state Rep. Aicha Davis, D-DeSoto, in an interview with WFAA on Monday. “I never agreed to only break quorum for a specific amount of time. I always said, no matter how long it

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