The new map could secure the GOP five additional seats in Congress in next year's midterms. Democrats say they now plan to challenge the map in court.

California lawmakers voted mostly along party lines Thursday to approve legislation calling for a special election in November to approve a redrawn congressional map.

It's a big day in Austin today, where the Texas Senate is expected to take up the redistricting bill. I's expected to pass, but Democrats vow to fight.

Texas lawmakers approved a new congressional map this week at the behest of President Donald Trump, seeking to preserve his Republican Party's slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in the November 2026 midterm elections.

Republicans hope new maps pushed by President Trump will produce five new GOP seats in a bid to hold their slim majority in the U.S. House.

New congressional maps could determine which party wins control of the House in next year’s elections — but election experts say they could also shape power in D.C. long after that.