President Trump on Saturday reupped his support for Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), just hours after the state legislature advanced new congressional maps that could give the GOP up to five more

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to sign a new congressional voting map gerrymandered to help Republicans maintain their slim majority in Congress.

Texas lawmakers approved the redistricting plan early Saturday, inflaming a battle among states as governors from both parties pledge to redraw maps.

The Texas Senate is reconvening Friday morning to take up a controversial GOP redistricting bill that triggered a weeks-long House standoff. The Republican-backed proposal, which passed the House in an 88-52 party-line vote on Wednesday, aims to redraw the state's congressional map and produce five new GOP-leaning districts.

Texas Democrats are preparing their final show of resistance against a mid-decade redraw of the state's congressional map.

Texas lawmakers meet again Friday, when the Republican majority in the Senate could give final approval to their map.