It worked. Credit: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Texas House Democrats pose for a photo in 2003 outside of the hotel they fled to in Oklahoma to run out the clock on the regular session that year. Redistricting is done every 10 years, and Democrats were displeased that Republicans wanted to redraw voting lines -- not even halfway through the decade. "That's elected officials choosing the voters and not voters choosing their elected officials," Dunnam said. "There needed to be an awareness about what was going to happen." "Us going to Oklahoma ended up going national and international." It was almost inevitable that former Gov. Rick Perry would call a special session to push the legislation through to his desk.