The House adopted the map, 88 to 52, along party lines. A Senate panel advanced a similar map Sunday, and the full chamber was expected to send the new lines to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk later this week.

The California Assembly passed the first bill aimed at drawing new congressional maps on Aug. 21, as Democrats try to counter a Republican efforts in Texas.

The national redistricting battle enters its next phase Thursday as California Democrats are scheduled to pass a new congressional map that creates fi

California state lawmakers are taking a series of votes in a bid to pass a mid-decade redistricting plan, a move that comes just hours after Republicans in the Texas House passed new maps of their own.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has argued that Florida was shortchanged during the 2020 census and says the state’s rapid population growth makes redistricting inevitable.

Michigan has independent redistricting and a divided state government that pretty much take it out of the fight over congressional maps before 2026.