The House adopted the map, 88 to 52, along party lines. A Senate panel advanced a similar map Sunday, and the full chamber was expected to send the new lines to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk later this week.

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives passed a redrawn congressional map on Wednesday that creates up to five new winnable Grand Old Party (GOP) seats in Congress, and further deep...

“In a democracy, people choose their representatives,” State Rep Chris Turner said. “This bill flips that on its head and lets politicians in Washington, DC, choose their voters.”