The Texas State Senate controlled by the Republicans approved the new Maps of the Congress of the Party during the night, completing a legislative odyssey that included significant democratic delays and caused a national struggle for the redistribution of districts in the process.
The vote means that the maps, which were designed to fill in the Republican majority in the United States Congress, will enter into force when Governor Greg Abbott, a plan defender who has been encouraged by President Donald Trump will be signed.
Democrats have promised to challenge the measure in court.
Initially, Trump directed Texas calls to draw his map of the Congress again, saying that his party has “right to” five more seats from the State Congress. That is what the maps intend to do: when again drawing the limits of the Congress district in key cities, as well as along the state border, Texas will have 30 districts of the congress that Trump took the autumn past by a two -digit margin.
The Republican party currently controls 25 of the 38 districts of the State Congress.
Republicans have been firm and forceful, since the beginning of the process that their exercise has been political only to increase the power of their party in Washington, where the house is almost balanced. Democrats need a net gain of only three seats in the 2026 elections to take the majority.
The Democrats have accused the Republicans of establishing a dangerous precedent by not waiting until 2031 to re -draw the lines, as usual, and said that the new maps would damage the minority representation in the state, a position that their republican colleagues denied.
Unlike the State Chamber, where business stopped earlier this month, when dozens of Democrats fled the State to deny the body a quorum to advance with the legislation, which forces Abbott to call another special session, the Senate has not been hindered by those efforts.
The movement caused a rapid condemnation of the opponents of the measure.
“This is not democracy, this is shameful,” said state senator Sarah Eckhardt in X after a democratic attempt of a filling failed.
The Democrats had planned to delay the vote of the Senate to Saturday in a final attempt to delay the passage.
Previously, state senator Carol Alvarado, leader of the Senate’s Democratic Caucus, announced on social networks that he planned to filibust the bill with a long speech and intended to speak for several hours. But just when he expected to start, the Senate broke for a long dinner.
When the members returned, Alvarado never had the opportunity for filibusters because the Republicans accused her of breaking the rules of the Senate when trying to raise funds in the next filibuster.
Senator Charles Perry said that “it seems to be potentially illegal, at least not very ethical, using state resources for a campaign purpose.”
With Abbott in the list of signing the new maps in the law, the Center for Attention changes to California, where Democratic legislators have their own proposal to redraw the limits of the Congress of their state as political remuneration for the Texas movement. Unlike Texas, where regular legislation is sufficient to change maps, the proposal of California Democrats must also be approved by voters in a special choice of this fall to enter into force.
