Republican leaders said that if they can't reach a quorum again at 10 a.m., both the House and Senate will wrap up the special session.

Texas House Democrats who fled the state to stall a Republican redistricting plan have signaled they’re ready to return to the Lone Star State in the coming days. The Texas state legislature wrapped up its first special session on Friday,

The plan would help Democrats flip five seats, offsetting the gains Republicans hope to make by redrawing maps in Texas.

The absence of the Democratic lawmakers meant the House did not have a quorum, or the two-thirds majority needed to hold a debate on a bill to redraw the state's congressional districts that could add five seats favoring Republicans. That prompted a Republican-backed motion for their civil arrests to force them to return.

CHICAGO (AP) — Texas Democrats on Thursday moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP’s redrawing of U.S. House maps before the 2026 election and put them under escalating threats by Republicans back home.