The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives passed Wednesday a redrawn congressional map that creates up to five new winnable GOP seats in Congress, further deepening a national redistricting battle between states.

Republicans want to make it easier for the GOP to hold on to its slim U.S. House majority in the 2026 midterm elections, so that Democrats have little ability to thwart President Donald Trump ’s agenda. Trump directed Texas and other conservative-controlled states to put forth rare mid-decade redistricting plans as Republicans anticipate a difficult midterm election.

In response, California’s Legislature is poised to approve new maps adding more Democratic-friendly seats later this week, in a move former President Barack Obama has applauded.

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