President Donald Trump celebrated a “HUGE VICTORY” after the Texas Senate passed a bill creating new congressional districts that could boost Republicans’s chances of midterm victory after a weeks-long battle — and a retaliatory effort by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to redraw his districts to favor Democrats.

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

Democrats from Austin to Washington were defiant, calling the maps racist and illegal, accusing Republicans of political gerrymandering to step on the will

The California legislature on Thursday approved a redistricting package aimed at giving Democrats five more seats in the U.S. Congress, countering a partisan advantage President Donald Trump hoped to gain from a similar Republican plan to redraw political maps in Texas.

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

California lawmakers voted mostly along party lines Thursday to approve legislation calling for a special election in November to approve a redrawn congressional map.