The Texas Senate passed a new Republican-drawn congressional map early Saturday morning, aiming to give the GOP a stronger edge in the 2026 midterm elections. The vote followed a failed filibuster attempt by Democrats,

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to sign a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans maintain their slim majority in Congress.

President Trump on Saturday reupped his support for Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), just hours after the state legislature advanced new congressional maps that could give the GOP up to five more seats in the House during next year’s midterms.

Republican lawmakers are pursuing the unusual mid-decade redistricting plan amid pressure from President Donald Trump to protect the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House.

Texas state Rep. Gene Wu joined a private strategy call on Thursday with Democratic leaders from other GOP-led states that might also redraw their maps.

The Texas Senate is debating the controversial GOP redistricting bill that triggered a weeks-long House standoff.The Republican-backed proposal, which passed the House in an 88-52 party-line vote on Wednesday,

California Democrats landed their counterpunch to Texas on Thursday, just a day after Texas Republicans advanced their redrawn map that had come at the urging of President Donald Trump with the aim of padding their House majority by five seats.