CIO, has unanimously endorsed holding a special election this year to redraw the state's congressional district boundaries, a move in response to Republican-led gerrymandering efforts in Texas.

A push by Texas Republicans to redraw congressional maps to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House has kicked off a no-holds-barred battle between blue and red states, each threatening to redraw their own House seats.

The maps achieve a five-seat swing largely by shaving slivers of Republican strongholds from ruby red districts and placing them inside three urban districts.