This crucial state is the latest battleground in redistricting war between Trump and Democrats
Confidence requires clarity.
Democratic state lawmakers in control of the Virginia legislature are fast-tracking a proposed new congressional map that would give the competitive state up to four more left-leaning U.S. House districts in time for this year's midterm elections.
The map, which Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger is expected to sign early next week, comes as Virginia voters are getting ready to vote this spring on a ballot measure which would give the legislature, rather than the current non-partisan commission, redistricting power through the 2030 election.
Republicans are calling the Democrats' redistricting effort an "unconstitutional power grab." Democrats are countering that it's a necessary step to balance out partisan gerrymandering already implemented in other states by the GOP.
Virginia is the latest battleground, with Florida on deck, in the ongoing high-stakes battle between President Donald Trump and Republicans versus Democrats to alter congressional maps ahead of November's elections.
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Republicans are defending their razor-thin House majority in the midterms, and Democrats need a net gain of just three seats to win back control of the chamber. That means the redistricting efforts in Virginia and other states may very well decide which party controls the House next year.
"It’s happening all over the country," the narrator in a new ad by Virginians for Fair Elections says. "Politicians redrawing maps to rig the midterm elections. And Virginia can’t sit back and do nothing."
The Democrat-aligned public advocacy group tells Fox News Digital it's spending an initial seven figures to run the ad statewide in the Commonwealth.
The new map, if implemented before the midterms, could give the Democrats a shot at flipping four GOP-held congressional seats, turning a 6-5 edge in the state's U.S. House delegation into a 10-1 advantage.
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But the rival Virginians for Fair Maps, a Republican-aligned group that opposes the redistricting push, highlights that "Virginians came together to pass bipartisan redistricting reform — a process that took the power to draw maps out of politicians’ hands. Now, politicians in Richmond want to undo that progress."
And the Republican National Committee has called the Democrats' push in Virginia a "power grab."
Democrats were dealt a big blow after a local court blocked their efforts to amend the state Constitution in order to redraw the lines, with a circuit court judge in conservative Tazewell County saying Democrats didn't follow …
Confidence requires clarity.
Democratic state lawmakers in control of the Virginia legislature are fast-tracking a proposed new congressional map that would give the competitive state up to four more left-leaning U.S. House districts in time for this year's midterm elections.
The map, which Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger is expected to sign early next week, comes as Virginia voters are getting ready to vote this spring on a ballot measure which would give the legislature, rather than the current non-partisan commission, redistricting power through the 2030 election.
Republicans are calling the Democrats' redistricting effort an "unconstitutional power grab." Democrats are countering that it's a necessary step to balance out partisan gerrymandering already implemented in other states by the GOP.
Virginia is the latest battleground, with Florida on deck, in the ongoing high-stakes battle between President Donald Trump and Republicans versus Democrats to alter congressional maps ahead of November's elections.
VIRGINIA JUDGE STRIKES BLOW TO DEMOCRATS REDISTRICTING PUSH
Republicans are defending their razor-thin House majority in the midterms, and Democrats need a net gain of just three seats to win back control of the chamber. That means the redistricting efforts in Virginia and other states may very well decide which party controls the House next year.
"It’s happening all over the country," the narrator in a new ad by Virginians for Fair Elections says. "Politicians redrawing maps to rig the midterm elections. And Virginia can’t sit back and do nothing."
The Democrat-aligned public advocacy group tells Fox News Digital it's spending an initial seven figures to run the ad statewide in the Commonwealth.
The new map, if implemented before the midterms, could give the Democrats a shot at flipping four GOP-held congressional seats, turning a 6-5 edge in the state's U.S. House delegation into a 10-1 advantage.
STUNNING SETBACK FOR TRUMP IN REDISTRICTING WARS
But the rival Virginians for Fair Maps, a Republican-aligned group that opposes the redistricting push, highlights that "Virginians came together to pass bipartisan redistricting reform — a process that took the power to draw maps out of politicians’ hands. Now, politicians in Richmond want to undo that progress."
And the Republican National Committee has called the Democrats' push in Virginia a "power grab."
Democrats were dealt a big blow after a local court blocked their efforts to amend the state Constitution in order to redraw the lines, with a circuit court judge in conservative Tazewell County saying Democrats didn't follow …
This crucial state is the latest battleground in redistricting war between Trump and Democrats
Confidence requires clarity.
Democratic state lawmakers in control of the Virginia legislature are fast-tracking a proposed new congressional map that would give the competitive state up to four more left-leaning U.S. House districts in time for this year's midterm elections.
The map, which Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger is expected to sign early next week, comes as Virginia voters are getting ready to vote this spring on a ballot measure which would give the legislature, rather than the current non-partisan commission, redistricting power through the 2030 election.
Republicans are calling the Democrats' redistricting effort an "unconstitutional power grab." Democrats are countering that it's a necessary step to balance out partisan gerrymandering already implemented in other states by the GOP.
Virginia is the latest battleground, with Florida on deck, in the ongoing high-stakes battle between President Donald Trump and Republicans versus Democrats to alter congressional maps ahead of November's elections.
VIRGINIA JUDGE STRIKES BLOW TO DEMOCRATS REDISTRICTING PUSH
Republicans are defending their razor-thin House majority in the midterms, and Democrats need a net gain of just three seats to win back control of the chamber. That means the redistricting efforts in Virginia and other states may very well decide which party controls the House next year.
"It’s happening all over the country," the narrator in a new ad by Virginians for Fair Elections says. "Politicians redrawing maps to rig the midterm elections. And Virginia can’t sit back and do nothing."
The Democrat-aligned public advocacy group tells Fox News Digital it's spending an initial seven figures to run the ad statewide in the Commonwealth.
The new map, if implemented before the midterms, could give the Democrats a shot at flipping four GOP-held congressional seats, turning a 6-5 edge in the state's U.S. House delegation into a 10-1 advantage.
STUNNING SETBACK FOR TRUMP IN REDISTRICTING WARS
But the rival Virginians for Fair Maps, a Republican-aligned group that opposes the redistricting push, highlights that "Virginians came together to pass bipartisan redistricting reform — a process that took the power to draw maps out of politicians’ hands. Now, politicians in Richmond want to undo that progress."
And the Republican National Committee has called the Democrats' push in Virginia a "power grab."
Democrats were dealt a big blow after a local court blocked their efforts to amend the state Constitution in order to redraw the lines, with a circuit court judge in conservative Tazewell County saying Democrats didn't follow …
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