<p>Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX) says that he will &#8220;seek judicial orders&#8221; stating that the state legislators who fled to Illinois — to stall a Republican-led effort to redraw the state&#8217;s congressional districts — had &#8220;vacated&#8221; their offices.</p>
<p>Paxton shared a copy of a Tuesday <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-will-seek-judicial-orders-declaring-runaway-democrats-who-abandon-their" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> from his office on X, adding, &#8220;The people of Texas elected lawmakers, not jet-setting runaways looking for headlines. If you don’t show up to work, you get fired.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚨BREAKING: I will seek judicial orders declaring that runaway Democrats who fail to appear by the Speaker’s deadline have vacated their office.</p>
<p>The people of Texas elected lawmakers, not jet-setting runaways looking for headlines. If you don’t show up to work, you get fired. <a href="https://t.co/yyPWavY38P">pic.twitter.com/yyPWavY38P</a></p>
<p>— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/1952800500207776234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Paxton&#8217;s release argued that by breaking quorum and thus refusing to perform the duties they were elected to perform, the Democrats who left the state had effectively abandoned their offices — and his intent was to seek judicial relief on the matter should they not return.</p>
<p>&#8220;Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that the continued refusal to perform legislative duties by Texas House Democrats who broke quorum constitutes abandonment of office and that he will pursue a court ruling ensuring that their seats are declared vacant,&#8221; the release read.</p>
<p>Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows, according to the release, gave the rogue legislators until the end of the week — Friday, August 8 — to return and do their jobs. &#8220;Any lawmaker who has not been arrested and returned or fails to appear by the Speaker’s deadline will be subject to aggressive legal action by Attorney General Paxton.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Democrats have abandoned their offices by fleeing Texas, and a failure to respond to a call of the House constitutes a dereliction of their duty as elected officials,&#8221; Paxton explained. &#8220;Starting Friday, any rogue lawmakers refusing to return to the House will be held accountable for vacating their office. The people of Texas elected lawmakers, not jet-setting runaways looking for headlines. If you don’t show up to work, you get fired.&#8221;</p>
<p>The rogue Texas Democrats <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-dems-cant-win-redistricting-fight-so-they-bravely-turn-tail-and-flee-the-state" target="_blank" rel="noopener">broke quorum</a> to stall the redistricting process because they did not have the votes to block it through legitimate means. They attempted a similar stunt in 2021 in protest against a Republican-backed election bill.</p>

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