The California Senate on Thursday approved a redrawn political map aimed at giving Democrats five more seats in the U.S. Congress, countering the partisan advantage President Donald Trump hopes to gain from a Republican redistricting plan in Texas.

California Democrats, led by Governor Gavin Newsom, are pushing for fast-track passage of their redistricting plan, a package of three bills, through the Sacramento statehouse by Friday, just in time to place their proposed new map on the ballot for a special election on November 4.

Newsom, who enjoys a Democratic super-majority in both houses of the state legislature, ultimately seeks voter support for his plan. If it succeeds, it would neutralize a Trump-backed Texas bill designed to flip five Democratic seats to Republican control in the U.

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