Trump's push for Republican-led states to redraw their U.S. House of Representatives districts to protect their majority in next year's midterm elections could set the stage for Republicans to dominate the chamber in decades to come.

In the last week, with lightning speed, the nation's foremost political leaders have jettisoned any pretense of political fairness in favor of an all-out partisan war for power.

After Texas and California, the legislative action in a nationwide redistricting battle is set to move to Missouri and three other Republican-led states.

Hours after the Texas House of Representatives passed a revision of the state's congressional districts, voters filed a complaint alleging legislators created "a map that eviscerates minority representation and hands Anglo voters control of an even larger share of Texas' congressional seats."

Republicans advanced the Texas redistricting plan, after weeks of Democrats breaking quorum, as the new map heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk for signature.