The mid-decade map redraw adds five Republican-leaning districts and sets up a legal showdown over minority representation.

Redrawn congressional maps that have been the center of controversy in Texas passed the Senate early Saturday and now head to Gov. Abbott to sign.

Texas Senate Democrats plan to filibuster the House-passed redistricting map during floor debate on Friday in a last-ditch effort to delay the final passage of the plan to create five new winnable seats for the GOP.