The next conference elections in the US are only autumn 2026, but in Texas there has already been a high -rising political struggle that can have major consequences nationally. On Sunday, dozens of democratic representatives left the state in an ultimate attempt to bother their Republican colleagues. By entrenching themselves in other states, the political exiles ensure that there is no quorum to vote for a new, controversial constituent card this week.
The new Texan map could yield five extra seats in the House of Representatives at the next polls. This can be important for the balance of power in Washington after November 2026 and therefore for the further presidency of Donald Trump.
It often happens that the party of a sitting president at so -called Mid – (elections halfway through his term of office) is punished, after which he sits in the White House for the remaining two years as a tipsy game. Trump wants to prevent at all costs and has called on his party to redecorate the electoral cards in the States where she has power, and thus arrange extra seats. Also in Ohio, Florida, Indiana, Missouri and North Carolina, Republicans want their constituencies to adjust this year.
This so -called ‘ranging‘Is widespread in the US and both parties are guilty of it – even though republicans are a more GEIKER and SHIPPLOSER. For decades, state politicians have attracted the district boundaries in such an ingenious way that they win a larger number of home seats than they would receive with a proportional distribution. Of the 38 seats that Texas has in the house, 25 are covered by a Republican, or 66 percent, while the party received 56 percent of the votes last year.
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The Democratic party leader Gene Wu during a press conference in Illinois, with Governor JB Pritzker behind him. Photo Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters
‘This corruption must now stop’
JB Pritzker, the Democratic, popular governor of Illinois, opened his state to around twenty Texan party members. On Sunday evening he gave a militant press conference in which he stated: “Let’s be clear. This is not just about the System System in Texas. It’s about the rights of the rights of all Americans for many years to come.”
Gene Wu, the Democratic party leader in the Staatstaat van Texas, stated next to him that “this corruption must now stop”. According to him, the future of the country is at stake. “If Donald Trump is allowed to do this, if he can cheat again and gets away with it, it will never stop.”
According to Wu, his group was no other option than to flee the state and break up the quorum.
Governor threats with persecution
Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of the state, fiercely opposes their resistance. He threatened to take the Democratic exiles on Sunday, if necessary, to take their seats and set up replacements that he appointed “by him. The question is whether Abbott can live up to that threat, because this requires a two -thirds majority.
With a non-binding legal opinion of the Texan Minister of Justice Ken Paxton-Abbot also screens a Republican-who explains that the seat of a representative can also be taken away via a lawsuit.
Abbott and the minister – also the highest prosecutor of the state – alloys of legal persecution of the fled Democrats. For example, they would be in violation if they recruit campaign money to pay the fine (of $ 500) for missing every session day. Also support in kind as food and shelter should not, according to Abbott, who threatened to treat them as criminals. “I will then use my full extradition power to demand their return to Texas.”