Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu, who largely spearheaded Texas House Democrats' efforts to flee the state and break quorum in protest of the map, said the Trump-appointed federal judge's decision "stopped one of the most brazen attempts to steal our democracy that Texas has ever seen."

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, writing for the majority, ordered Texas to use the maps already used by the Texas legislature in 2021 for the 2026 elections in a 2-1 decision. Brown was