Texas’ rare middecade redistricting effort has sparked a high-stakes political fight that will likely prompt other states to change their congressional boundaries, too. The redistricting process typically occurs at the beginning of a decade,

Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the arrest of Democrats who left the state to block a redistricting vote that could favor Republicans in Congress.