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.

Texas Republicans have launched efforts to redraw congressional maps to secure more GOP seats in the U.S. House.

Dozens of Democratic state legislators fled Texas over the weekend, denying a quorum on Monday to Republicans hoping to vote on a new congressional map that heavily favors the GOP even more than its current districts.