AUSTIN, Texas — It’s going to be a long night in the Texas Senate. That’s according to Sen. Carol Alvarado of Houston, who posted to social media that she plans to filibuster the redrawn congressional district maps that have been the center of controversy.

Posting a photo of tennis shoes to X, Alvarado said she’s submitted her intention to filibuster. Alvarado’s communications director called it the Democrats’ last stand.

The Senate spent Friday debating the bill in the second special session before Alvarado said she would filibuster. Two days ago, the Texas House voted in favor of the bill.

If approved, the redrawn Texas congressional maps, which are backed by President Trump, could give Republicans five additional seats in the U.S. House.

House Democrats left the state during the f

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