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(Reuters) -Texas lawmakers on Wednesday passed a new congressional district map intended to flip five Democratic-held U.S. House seats to Republican control in next year's midterm elections, a key step in an increasingly acrimonious partisan battle as California Democrats lined up their own redistricting effort.
Facing opposition from Democrats who fled the state to stall the vote, Republicans hope the new maps will lead to more seats in Congress.
The California Supreme Court has rejected a Republican challenge to Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to redraw the state's congressional districts.
The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives passed Wednesday a redrawn congressional map that creates up to five new winnable GOP seats in Congress.
The maps, which create up to five new winnable GOP seats in Congress ahead of the 2026 midterms, still need to be approved by the state Senate and signed by Governor Greg Abbott.