Gov. Greg Abbott previously asked the court to expel Houston Rep. Gene Wu, the chair of the Texas House Democrats. [Gov. Greg Abbott asks Texas Supreme Court to expel House Democratic leader who left state] Wu is also named in Paxton’s petition,

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the state's highest court to vacate the seats of more than a dozen Texas House Democrats that left the state to break quorum in an attempt to prevent a vote on redrawn congressional maps.

The Texas Supreme Court should vacate the seats of 13 state House Democrats who left the state vacant, Attorney General Ken Paxton argued in petitions