Redistricting aimed at helping GOP in midterms could cost them in Virginia
President Trump's Republican Party has gambled on redrawing Democratic-held congressional districts in Texas, Missouri and North Carolina to help boost conservatives' chances at holding on to a narrow House majority in the 2026 midterm elections. This out of the ordinary mid-decade approach, however, may end up costing Republicans as many as four congressional seats in Virginia.
Democrats this week have prepared a harsh partisan gerrymander that could dramatically shift the commonwealth's representation on Capitol Hill if it were to become law and be used in this fall's elections.
"Today we are leveling the playing field," Virginia Democratic state Sen. L. Louise Lucas said in a social media video. "These are not ordinary times and Virginia will not sit on the sidelines while it happens."
Questions remain, however, about whether the larger endeavor will survive ongoing legal scrutiny. And it faces the challenge of needing quick voter approval in a part of the south that is by no means a blue sanctuary of statewide voters.
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