An Ohio panel on Friday adopted new U.S. House districts that could boost the GOP’s chances of winning two additional seats in next year’s elections and aid President Donald Trump’s efforts to hold on to a slim congressional majority.

Trump has been urging Republican-led states to reshape their U.S. House districts in an attempt to win more seats. But unlike in other states, Ohio’s redistricting was required by the state constitution because the current districts were adopted after the 2020 census without bipartisan support.

Ohio joins Texas , Missouri and North Carolina , where Republican lawmakers already have revised congressional districts.

The action by the Ohio Redistricting Commission came as Virginia's Democratic-led General Assembly advanced a proposed constitutiona

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