Texas House Democrats returned to their state on Monday after spending two weeks in the Chicago area and other parts of the country to prevent the Republican majority in their legislature from passing a new gerrymandered congressional map aimed at eliminating five Democratic seats.

The Democratic lawmakers left the Lone Star State on Aug. 3 to avoid a vote on the remap during a special legislative session called by Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott ostensibly to provide relief measures following the deadly July 4th floods that killed more than 100 people in Texas’ Hill Country. But when it became clear the remap efforts were also on the Republican agenda, Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives sought refuge in blue states such as Illinois, New York and Massachusetts to deny the GOP th

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