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Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP redistricting plan

Name: Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP redistricting plan
Uploaded: 2025-08-04T07:03:00-0400
Duration: 3 min 43 s
Description: Texas Democratic legislators fled the state to Illinois in an effort to delay a vote to redraw Congressional lines in Republicans' favor before the 2026 midterm elections. The redrawn map would give the GOP an advantage in at least five more seats. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe reports.

Texas Democratic legislators fled the state to Illinois in an effort to delay a vote to redraw Congressional lines in Republicans' favor before the 2026 midterm elections. The redrawn map would give the GOP an advantage in at least five more seats. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe reports.