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The Texas Senate on Friday was expected to consider a new congressional map gerrymandered to maximize Republican representation, putting the plan on a path to the governor’s desk after weeks of intense partisan clashing.

Republican lawmakers were poised to push the map through over fierce Democratic opposition, launching a national redistricting war from Albany to Sacramento while positioning the GOP to net up to five additional seats in Texas.

The map, demanded by President Donald Trump to fortify the GOP’s U.S. House majority in next year’s midterm election, would hand up to five additional U.S. House seats to Republicans by dismantling Democratic bastio

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