Texas Republicans proposed a new map that could give the GOP five more seats in Congress after the 2026 midterm election.

Democratic members of the Texas state legislature left the state Sunday as part of a bid to block Republicans from redrawing the congressional map to make five additional seats favorable to the GOP. The move to leave the state and deny a quorum drew cheers from Texas Democrats in Congress,

Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday in a desperate bid to block an aggressively partisan redrawing of the state’s congressional map orchestrated by Republicans with the support of President Donald Trump.