Virginia to vote on Democrat-favored redistricting after lawmakers advanced plan
Virginia joins states from California to Florida in mid-decade redistricting push after party-line senate voteVirginia lawmakers approved a measure on Friday that could ultimately clear the way for Democrats to redraw the state’s congressional maps and add as many as four Democratic-leaning...
<p>Virginia joins states from California to Florida in mid-decade redistricting push after party-line senate vote</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/virginia">Virginia</a> lawmakers approved a measure on Friday that could ultimately clear the way for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/democrats">Democrats</a> to redraw the state’s congressional maps and add as many as four Democratic-leaning seats.</p><p>The legislature sent voters a constitutional amendment that would allow lawmakers to redraw the lines this year and circumvent a panel that is supposed to be in charge of drawing district lines. Democrats currently represent six of Virginia’s 11 congressional districts, and have said they will pursue a plan in which they are favored in either nine or 10 of the state’s congressional districts.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/16/virginia-redistricting-democrats-vote">Continue reading...</a>
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