The Texas state Senate early Saturday signed off on a new congressional map, sending the legislation to Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to sign into law ahead of the 2026 midterms. The vote passed the upper chamber in a 18-11 party-line vote as expected, with Democrats denouncing the effort as a power grab. It came after the state House approved the map also in a party-line vote after Democratic members of the body returned to the state and ended a two-week standoff over the map proposal.

The Senate had already passed the new map proposal last week, but the body needed to approve it again because the first special legislative session that Abbott called ended. The Republican governor called a second session that began this week. A key Senate panel in charge of overseeing redistricting approved the Ho

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