Republican lawmakers in Texas on Wednesday approved a new congressional map in an 88–52 party-line vote after Democrats ended a two-week walkout that had denied the chamber a quorum. The proposal, already cleared by the state Senate, would redraw districts in Austin, Dallas, Houston and South Texas and is expected to give the GOP as many as five additional U.S. House seats. Governor Greg Abbott has indicated he will sign the measure once it reaches his desk, cementing a mid-decade redistricting that departs from the standard once-per-decade cycle. California Democrats responded by fast-tracking their own remap. Governor Gavin Newsom secured a California Supreme Court decision Wednesday that allowed legislation to proceed without a 30-day waiting period, and both chambers of the Democratic-controlled Legislature plan votes on Thursday. If approved, voters would decide in a 4 November special election on a map designed to flip up to five of the state’s nine Republican-held districts. Finance officials have yet to detail how the special election—estimated by one committee chair at about $230 million—would be funded. The twin moves escalate a national partisan fight over district boundaries at a moment when Republicans hold a narrow 219–212 majority in the U.S. House. Each state’s plan could offset the other’s impact on control of Congress in the 2026 midterms, and lawmakers in other battlegrounds are signaling they may follow suit.