The new map could help Republicans flip as many as five seats, boosting the GOP’s chances of holding House control.

President Donald Trump has pushed for the map to help the GOP maintain its slim majority in Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.

The Texas Senate is reconvening Friday morning to take up a 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, aims to redraw the state's congressional map and produce five new GOP-leaning districts.

Texas Democrats are preparing their final show of resistance against a mid-decade redraw of the state's congressional map. Democratic state Sen.

Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives returned to Austin on Aug. 18, 2025, but their protest of redistricting efforts continues.

Texas lawmakers meet again Friday, when the Republican majority in the Senate could give final approval to their map.