Texas AG Ken Paxton takes legal action against absent Democratic Rep. Gene Wu, supporting Governor Abbott's efforts to hold 'runaway' legislators accountable by approaching the Supreme Court with a quo warranto petition.

If Texas House Democrats who broke quorum do not return to the Capitol by Friday, Attorney General Ken Paxton says he will ask state judges to declare their seats vacant. More than 50 House Democrats left the state on Sunday,

At least 50 Democrats from the Texas House have left the state in an attempt to prevent the passage of a new congressional map.