He broke quorum and left Texas for weeks in 2025 to block a redistricting map he called racially discriminatory.
Vince Perez is the incumbent state representative for El Paso's District 77, home to UTEP and downtown El Paso. He serves as Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus and sits on the Ways & Means Committee, and he co-authored a bill creating a licensing pathway for foreign-trained doctors to practice in underserved border communities. In 2025 he was one of the Democrats who left the state to deny the House a quorum over new congressional maps, later telling reporters the maps "systematically silences the majority through... racial engineered maps."
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Perez’s take on Texas values
He broke quorum by leaving the state in August 2025 to block new congressional maps, calling them racial gerrymandering that dilutes Latino and Black voting strength, and delivered a widely-circulated House floor speech opposing the bill. [El Paso News; KTSM; El Paso Matters]