The Virginia Supreme Court has thrown out a Democrat-led effort to redraw the Commonwealth’s US House map ahead of the 2026 midterm election.
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ACCOMACK COUNTY, Va. -- A closely decided vote to allow state lawmakers to redraw Virginia’s congressional districts is now tied up in court, leaving the future of the state’s political map uncertain.
Virginia's highest court has declined to lift, at least temporarily, a lower court ruling that blocks the certification of a statewide redistricting referendum.
The Supreme Court of Virginia has unanimously approved maps establishing congressional and state legislative districts under the commonwealth’s new redistricting process.
Virginia’s two U.S. Senators have told the state Supreme Court that it will make the state’s three congresswomen shoulder the burden of redistricting.