<P> The Texas Eleven were a group of Texas Senate Democrats who fled Texas for Albuquerque , New Mexico for 46 days in 2003 aimed at preventing the passage of controversial redistricting legislation that was intended to benefit Texas Republicans . A group of Texas House representatives , dubbed the Killer Ds , had fled the state earlier that same summer for the same reason . </P>
why did 11 texas senators go to albuquerque new mexico on july 28 2003
preventing the passage of controversial redistricting legislation that was intended to benefit Texas Republicans