Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Gene Wu and other members of his party who fled to Illinois over the weekend are expected to speak Monday evening in Chicago. The House Democrats left Texas on Sunday in a bid to stop Republicans from proceeding with a redistricting effort that would give the GOP five

Seeking to avoid a vote on redrawing five congressional districts, Texas Democrats fled their home state for bluer pastures. Dozens of Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives arrived in Chicago on Sunday while others flew to Albany and Boston.

Texas Democratic lawmakers said they left the state in an effort to temporarily block Republicans from redrawing its congressional maps — a redistricting initiative pushed by President Donald Trump to help retain GOP control of the US House of Representatives in the midterms.