The move could give Republicans 30 of Texas' 38 congressional districts. It quickly drew a legal challenge. President Donald Trump’s political team pressured Texas lawmakers to redraw the districts this year.

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

Texas state Rep. Gene Wu joined a private strategy call on Thursday with Democratic leaders from other GOP-led states that might also redraw their maps.