As Texas Republicans move ahead with redistricting to protect or even expand the GOP’s slim majority in the US House, Democratic-run states, led by California, are pushing forward with their own efforts to draw new maps and add Democratic seats.

California Democrats are pursuing a plan to redraw congressional maps amid the efforts in Texas to redistrict, which could hand the GOP five more House seats. David Becker, the executive director at the Center for Election Innovation and Research,

The battle over the re-drawing of congressional maps continues with Texas and California leading the way. Texas Democrats remain out of state, preventing a vote on maps that benefit Republicans. Meanwhile,

Democrats in California are strategizing a new political map to secure U.S. House seats in response to redistricting efforts by Texas Republicans, potentially challenging the balance of power in upcoming elections.

The two states' existing maps putting Democrats within just three seats of reclaiming a U.S. House majority in the midterms.