Byline: Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas -- Fifty-one fugitive Democratic lawmakers declared victory Thursday in their scheme to scuttle a GOP redistricting effort and returned to Texas from self-imposed exile in Oklahoma.
The 51 Democrats who walked out in protest of the measure began their 270-mile trip to Austin late Thursday, their mission nearly accomplished. Forty-seven were aboard two charter buses; three others drove cars back and one flew.
``I'm pretty excited about it,'' Rep. Pete Gallego said just before the first bus crossed the state line. ``People are really tired. They're ready to get back to Texas.''
Meanwhile, the federal …
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