[DOC] [TLE] 2003 Texas redistricting - Wikipedia [PAR] The 2003 Texas redistricting refers to a controversial mid-decade congressional 
redistricting ... After Republicans won control of the Texas state legislature in 
2002 for the first ... Democrats maintained their majority in the Texas House of 
Representatives. .... The 2003 redistricting targeted ten districts with white 
Democratic... [DOC] [TLE] Texas Democrats Flee to Avoid Vote(or how the Republicans can ... [PAR] May 15, 2003 ... Democrats left the state to block an attempt by Texas Republicans to redraw the 
state's U.S. congressional districts. ... The legislature requires at least 100 of the 
150 house members to be present to debate and pass laws. .... is to raise points 
of order, deny unanimous consent to waive the reading of the bill,... [DOC] [TLE] Texas Democrats Flee to Neighboring State to Avoid Redistricting ... [PAR] Oct 29, 2009 ... Democrats left the state to block an attempt by Texas Republicans to redraw the 
state's U.S. congressional districts. ... The legislature requires at least 100 of the 
150 house members to be present to debate and pass laws. [DOC] [TLE] 7 Things to Know About Redistricting | Brennan Center for Justice [PAR] Oct 28, 2013 ... Members of Congress, state legislators, and many county and ... At least once per 
decade, usually after a Census, district lines are redrawn, block by block. ... lines 
one way can reward Democrats and punish Republicans or vice versa. ... 
Republicans gained 43 seats in the House of Representatives in the... [DOC] [TLE] Texas-Sized Fines Voted in Remap Standoff - latimes [PAR] Aug 13, 2003 ... Republicans in the Texas Senate voted Tuesday to fine 11 fugitive ... GOP 
legislators act to penalize Democrats who fled state to block plan backed by 
White House. ... and stop a proposal to redraw the state's congressional districts. 
... of the state's delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives from 17... [DOC] [TLE] Redistricting - Halexandria [PAR] Jun 20, 2005 ... In 2002, however, the Republicans came back strong and now have 190 seats ... 
Democrats and fallen back and now have only 166 solidly Democratic districts, ... 
As long as House members appeal to their party's base, they're in okay ... The 
outnumbered Democrats promptly left the State in order to leave... [DOC] [TLE] How gerrymandering districts affects democracy - Erie County ... [PAR] Then, in the 2002 elections, Republicans took control of the state house, and 
Tom DeLay, ... In May, fifty-one House members fled to Oklahoma, to deprive the 
new ... A Democrat first elected to Congress in 1994, Mascara represented a 
district in the .... in each census block to one that revealed voting results in each 
block. [DOC] [TLE] Republicans Win Congress as Democrats Get Most Votes - Bloomberg [PAR] Mar 18, 2013 ... A majority of Americans disapprove of the Republicans in Congress, yet the odds 
... of redistricting, the once-a-decade redrawing of congressional seats. ... Also 
nationwide, Democratic House candidates combined to win about .... remap that 
so angered Democratic state legislators that most of them fled to... [DOC] [TLE] All About Redistricting -- Why does it matter [PAR] American attempts to tailor district lines for political gain stretch back to the 
country's ... the Democratic leader in the state House of Delegates, who had 
represented his ... its districts, the state legislators deferred to incumbent 
members of Congress, ... After Democrats controlled Texas redistricting in the 
1990s, Republicans... [DOC] [TLE] Public Interest Guide to Redistricting - FairVote [PAR] Associated Press: "Supreme Court refuses to block Texas redistricting plan. ..... 
The Democratic primary race for state House District 95 first began to shape up ... 
of May 12, 2003, when 51 Democratic lawmakers fled Texas for Ardmore, Okla. ... 
to boycott the Republican effort to redraw Texas' congressional boundaries. [DOC] [TLE] FairVote - National News [PAR] "Instead of voters choosing their representatives, in over 90% of districts the ... 
Case in point: California, where Democrats and Republicans agreed on a 2001 
... No constitutional bar prevented DeLay & Co. from redrawing congressional 
lines ... districts, or the representatives benefit from

Question: Democratic house members fled this state in order to block republicans from redrawing congressional districts
Answer: Texas