Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed dueling petitions to the state Supreme Court this week seeking to punish dozens of quorum-breaking Democrats who fled the state to block passage of a newly drawn congressional map — a high-stakes gerrymandering fight playing out ahead of next year's midterm elections. Abbott's petition, filed late Tuesday night, alleges that Rep. Gene Wu, the Democratic Caucus chair, and his 49 Democratic colleagues violated their "affirmative constitutional obligation" by leaving Texas late last week to block the state from passing the newly d...

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