In Texas, a chaotic fight is brewing over Republicans' plans to redraw the state's congressional map to give the GOP the potential for five more seats in the midterm elections. Democratic representatives have fled the state to block a vote on the new map,

Texas Republicans have launched efforts to redraw congressional maps to secure more GOP seats in the U.S. House.

The maps achieve a five-seat swing largely by shaving slivers of Republican strongholds from ruby red districts and placing them inside three urban districts.