The Texas GOP is one step closer to their new congressional map after passing it in the State House and moving it to the State Senate. California Democrats are now trying to combat Texas by redistricting their own state.

The Texas redistricting battle is entering a new front as the fight turns to the courts, where Democrats and civil rights groups are expected to challenge the newly passed maps. Texas House Democrats who had fled the state to stall the maps said that they were returning “to the House floor and to the courthouse” this