Austin – On Sunday, at least 51 Democratic representatives from the Texas House of Representatives departed Texas to block a vote scheduled for Monday on a redrawn congressional district map.
The current Democratic count for Tuesday’s session is 54 members, which is two short of the 56 needed to maintain a quorum, down from 62 Democrats in total within the 89th Texas House. This information comes from the Texas Legislative Reference Library.
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Notably absent from the Capitol at 1 p.m. on Tuesday were several Democrats, including:
- Gina Hinojosa-D49
- Ron Reynolds-D27
- James Talico-D50
- Anne Johnson-D134
- Gene Wu-D137
- John Beussie-D136
- Trey Martinez Fischer-D116
- Josey Garcia-D124
- Diego Vernal-D123
- Toni Rose-D110
- John Rosenthal-D135
- Jalonda Jones-D147
- Benton Jones-D100
- Rafael Anchia-D103
- Cheryl Cole-D46
- Ramon Romero-D90
- Nicole Collier-D95
- Harold Dutton-D142
- Chris Turner-D101
- Linda Garcia-D107
- Charlene Ward Johnson-D139
- Jessica Gonzalez-D104
- Ana María Rodríguez Ramos-D102
- Lauren Ashley Simmons-D146
- Donna Howard-D48
- Lulu Flores-D51
- Vikki Goodwin-D47
- Cassandra Garcia Hernandez-D115
- Mihaela Plesa-D70
- Sleman Lalani-D76
- Ray Lopez-D125
- Christina Morales-D145
- Barbara Gelvin Hawkins-D120
- John Bryant-D114
- Rhetta Bowers-D113
- Terry Meza-D105
- Aichi Davis-D109
- Elizabeth Campos-D119
- Alma Allen-D131
- Ana Hernandez-D143
- Salman Bhojani-D92
- Erin Gamez-D38
- Christian Manuel-D22
- Vincent Perez-D77
- Mary Gonzalez-D75
- Claudia Aldaz-D79
- Penny Morales Show-D148
- Senfronia Thompson-D141
- Hubert Vo-D149
- Yvonne Davis-D111
- Erin Zwiener-D45
- Armando Walle-D140
- Bobby Guerra-D41
- Mary Anne Perez-D144
On a related note, the Democrats who did attend the House session on Tuesday included Terry Canales, Oscar Longoria, Armando Martinez, Sergio Munoz, Philippe Cortez, Eddie Morales, Joe Moody, and Richard Peña Raymond, with Cortez and Morales missing from the previous day’s session.
All Texas House Democrats were contacted by Kxan at 1 p.m. on Monday.
