The move could give Republicans 30 of Texas' 38 congressional districts. It quickly drew a legal challenge. President Donald Trump’s political team pressured Texas lawmakers to redraw the districts this year.

Texas Senate Democrats plan to filibuster the House-passed redistricting map during floor debate on Friday in a last-ditch effort to delay the final passage of the plan to create five new winnable seats for the GOP.

After Texas and California, the legislative action in a nationwide redistricting battle is set to move to Missouri and three other Republican-led states.

As California and Texas scramble to redraw U.S. House maps before the 2026 midterm elections, the race is underlining redistricting’s big role in determining political power.

President Trump and his allies are charging ahead with plans to try to redraw the congressional map in red states beyond Texas.

Republicans advanced the Texas redistricting plan, after weeks of Democrats breaking quorum, as the new map heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk for signature.