Texas Rep. Mihaela Plesa, right, joins New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, left, for a news conference with fellow Texas Democratic lawmakers on Monday at the state Capitol in Albany. The lawmakers left the state in protest of a Republican gerrymandering plan to redraw congressional redistricting maps. Gov. Hochul says that New York will also seek to redraw congressional lines.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul hosts a delegation of Democratic Texas lawmakers on Monday during a news conference at the state Capitol in Albany. The Texas Democrats left the state in protest of a Republican gerrymandering plan to redraw congressional redistricting maps, which would add five new seats in Republican-leaning districts. Gov. Hochul says that New York will also seek to redraw congressional lines.

Texas Rep. Lulu Flores joins New York Gov. Kathy Hochul for a news conference with fellow Texas Democratic lawmakers on Monday at the state Capitol in Albany. The Texas Democrats left the state in protest of a Republican gerrymandering plan to redraw congressional redistricting maps, which would add five new seats in Republican-leaning districts. Gov. Hochul says that New York will also seek to redraw congressional lines.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul hosts a delegation of Democratic Texas lawmakers on Monday during a news conference at the state Capitol in Albany. The Texas Democrats left the state in protest of a Republican gerrymandering plan to redraw congressional redistricting maps, which would add five new seats in Republican-leaning districts. Gov. Hochul says that New York will also seek to redraw congressional lines.

Texas Rep. Mihaela Plesa, right, joins New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, left, for a news conference with fellow Texas Democratic lawmakers on Monday at the state Capitol in Albany. The Texas Democrats left the state in protest of a Republican gerrymandering plan to redraw congressional redistricting maps, which would add five new seats in Republican-leaning districts. Gov. Hochul says that New York will also seek to redraw congressional lines.

Texas Representatives Suleman Lalani, left, and Jolanda Jones, center, join New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, right, for a news conference on Monday at........

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