Overview

• The Texas Senate granted final legislative approval Friday after the House’s 88–52 vote earlier in the week, sending the bill to the governor.
• About 50 Democratic lawmakers had left the state for Chicago and New York to deny a quorum before returning, which allowed the vote to proceed.
• Republicans crafted the map to dilute Democratic strength and potentially gain up to five additional seats from Texas’s 38-member delegation, where they currently hold 25.
• Democrats, including Rep. Chris Turner, contend the plan unlawfully weakens Black and Hispanic voting power under the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution.
• California’s Democratic leadership advanced a November referendum to let lawmakers replace its independent commission’s map, and Trump has urged similar efforts in Indiana, Ohio and Missouri.