Texas Republicans now face a clear path to redraw the state’s congressional maps after state House Democrats ended their 15-day walkout and returned to the Capitol on Monday.

A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, shortly after the first one ended.

Proposed new congressional maps in California could help Democrats flip five Republican seats and bolster around five Democratic incumbents in toss-up districts.

Rep. George Whitesides, a prime GOP target, would be in a bluer district as other Dems pick up more Republican voters.

March 2022 The Ohio Redistricting Commission adopts a second congressional map without Democratic support. This map is only in effect through 2026. May 2022 Ohio held a primary election using the unconstitutional congressional map.

Louisiana redistricting map blocked by appeals court for diluting Black votes while Supreme Court considers broader case on race-conscious congressional district drawing.

A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in an unusually timed effort to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House before the 2026 elections has set off a clamor to replicate the effort in statehouses controlled by both parties.