Jones, 59, is one of more than 50 Texas House Democrats who fled the state capital in order to stall a special legislative session to consider the redistricting proposal.
Texas Democrat Rep. Jolanda Jones says sorry for comparing redistricting to the Holocaust
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August 06, 2025
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