DiscoverFacts MatterArrest Warrants Issued for Texas Democrats Who Fled State; Texas GOP’s New Map Would Create 5 New Red-Leaning Districts
Arrest Warrants Issued for Texas Democrats Who Fled State; Texas GOP’s New Map Would Create 5 New Red-Leaning Districts

Arrest Warrants Issued for Texas Democrats Who Fled State; Texas GOP’s New Map Would Create 5 New Red-Leaning Districts

Update: 2025-08-08
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With midterm elections coming up next year, GOP state lawmakers in Texas are taking action. In a newly designed congressional redistricting map, they created five new right-leaning districts—the populations of which voted for Trump in the last presidential election.

Texas Democrats fled the state in order to avoid voting on the map, but warrants for their arrests have now been issued.

Let’s go through the details of this drama together.

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Arrest Warrants Issued for Texas Democrats Who Fled State; Texas GOP’s New Map Would Create 5 New Red-Leaning Districts

Arrest Warrants Issued for Texas Democrats Who Fled State; Texas GOP’s New Map Would Create 5 New Red-Leaning Districts