The mid-decade map redraw adds five Republican-leaning districts and sets up a legal showdown over minority representation.

The Texas Senate approved a bill early on Saturday to redraw the state's congressional maps at the behest of President Donald Trump in an effort to flip five U.S. House seats held by Democrats to Republicans.

The Republican-controlled Texas Senate has passed a highly contentious redistricting bill that could add five GOP-held seats to the U.S. House in next year’s midterm elections, intensifying what many