Four hundred people were evacuated from the hotel where they were staying, but they were allowed to eventually return.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker vowed on late-night television to protect Texas House Democrats who fled to Illinois to try and stop the Republican-controlled state Legislature from redrawing congressional district boundaries to the GOP’s advantage ahead of next year’s midterm election.

Texas House Democrats were evacuated from their Illinois hotel Wednesday due to a bomb threat. In a statement, Texas House Democrats said they are safe and “undeterred.” A group of Democratic state lawmakers has been staying in Illinois after leaving Texas to deny Texas House Republicans a quorum to vote on new congressional maps that