The vote could come on Aug. 18.
Texas Democrats announced they are returning after a two-week walkout blocking Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts in favor of the GOP before the 2026 midterm elections.
Democratic leaders say they’ll return for a second special legislative session beginning Aug. 18 in light of California Democratic leaders’ decision to attempt to redraw their own U.S. House maps to cancel out any Republican gains in Texas.
President Donald Trump has sought to boost Republicans’ narrow House majority.
The redistricting fight between Texas Democrats and Republicans started when the Department of Justice (DOJ) sent Gov. Greg Abbott a letter on July 7 raising concerns that four congressional districts in the Houston and Dallas areas were unconstitutional because of “racial gerrymandering.”
Current boundaries run afoul of the Voting Rights Act by relying on racial demographics to group minority voters into “coalition districts,” where no single racial group forms a majority, according to the DOJ.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
