The battle over Republicans’ push to create more red U.S. House seats seats has widened, with red and blue states now moving to counteract each other.

Dozens of Texas Democrats have left the state in a bid to block a vote on redrawn U.S. House maps sought by Trump.

After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic leader Gene Wu needed a means to project his voice — and viewpoints — to a national audience. So he tapped his campaign account to buy a microphone for news conferences.

Democratic lawmakers in Texas left the state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts.

President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded a new census well before the end of the decade excluding undocumented immigrants.