US EditionKen Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to expel 13 House Democrats over redistricting standoff
- Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the Texas Supreme Court on Friday to expel 13 House Democrats who fled Texas to block a congressional map.
- The Democrats left Sunday to prevent passage of a redistricting plan that would gain five Republican seats amid ongoing quorum breaks since the 1870s.
- Paxton argued the members abandoned office by refusing to return while the House failed quorum three times this week and fined absences $500 daily.
- Paxton asserted that these lawmakers deliberately left to halt all legislative proceedings and warned that their out-of-state defiance must not be allowed to continue unchecked.
- If the Court expels them, Gov. Greg Abbott plans to call special elections to replace the lawmakers, affecting potential races like Rep. James Talarico's Senate run.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court seeking the removal of 13 Democratic congressmen who have been out of Texas since last Sunday, thus avoiding…
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By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune Aug. 8, 2025 “Ken Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to expel 13 House Democrats over redistricting standoff” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most ess…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued to dismiss 13 Democrats who fled Texas to prevent the redistribution of electoral districts
Austin— Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday asked the Texas Supreme Court to expel 13 Democrats from the state House, most recently in an unprecedented series of actions seeking to resume sessions at the Capitol and approve new maps of Congress to benefit Republicans. Governor Greg Abbott previously asked the Court to expel Houston representative Gene Wu, the president of the Texas House Democrats. The Court has given Wu until Friday at 5 p.m.…
Ken Paxton formally asked the Texas Supreme Court to dismiss the Democratic legislators who left the state to boycott the special session to redistribute the electoral districts. Using the figure of the "abandonment of office," the Attorney General filed an initial lawsuit against 13 of the 54 Democratic state representatives who have not yet returned to the Capitol.]]>
Texas AG Pulls the Trigger to Declare Democrat Seats 'VACANT'
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is making good on his promise to hold state democrat lawmakers accountable for abandoning their seats, and their state. The “out-of-state rebellion”, as he coined it, will now come with a potentially high price. It may literally cost them their seats in the Texas legislature. AG Paxton announced his big move via his X account, calling the state Democrats who fled the state to obstruct normal business in the stat…
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