The mid-decade map redraw adds five Republican-leaning districts and sets up a legal showdown over minority representation.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to sign a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans maintain their slim majority in Congress

Texas lawmakers pass GOP-backed congressional map. Gov. Greg Abbott to sign. Democrats say it weakens minority votes and vow legal challenge.

The Republican-controlled Texas state Senate passed the party’s new congressional maps late Friday, completing a legislative odyssey that included significant Democratic delays and sparked a nationwide scramble over redistricting in the process.

The Texas Senate has given final approval to a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature.

Republican lawmakers are pursuing the unusual mid-decade redistricting plan amid pressure from President Donald Trump to protect the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House.

Texas state Rep. Gene Wu joined a private strategy call on Thursday with Democratic leaders from other GOP-led states that might also redraw their maps.

The Texas Senate is debating the controversial GOP redistricting bill that triggered a weeks-long House standoff.The Republican-backed proposal, which passed the House in an 88-52 party-line vote on Wednesday,

Republican lawmakers are poised to push the map through over fierce Democratic opposition, positioning the GOP to net up to five additional seats in Texas.