AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed the new congressional map — which could help Republicans maintain control of Congress following next year’s midterm elections — into law that led to a two-week quorum break from dozens of House Democrats.

“Texas is now more red in the United States Congress,” Abbott said in a video posted on social media of him signing the measure.

President Donald Trump asked the Texas Legislature to redraw the state’s congressional districts in order to minimize the risk of Republicans losing control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 elections. House Bill 4, which contains the map, could net five additional seats in Texas for the GOP.

Abbott called lawmakers back to the Capitol last month in the first of two special sessions to pas

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