The Texas Senate on Saturday approved new congressional maps drawn to help Republicans win as many as five more House seats in next year’s midterm elections.

Democrats took to social media to to criticize the state's new congressional map after it passed the Texas Senate early Saturday morning, setting the path for Republicans to gain up to five additional seats in the U.S. House.

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