More than 50 Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a quorum in the state House of Representatives to move forward on a bill that would set new congressional districts​.

Texas Democrats staying in Illinois after fleeing the state in opposition of Republican-led redistricting effort were evacuated from their hotel over a bomb threat, local law enforcement said on Wednesday.

A bomb threat forced Democrats from the Texas state House of Representatives to flee the hotel in Illinois where they are staying after they decamped to Illinois to block a Republican attempt to redraw the congressional map.