Supreme Court Rejects Virginia Democrats’ Effort to Reinstate New Voting Map
State officials had asked the justices to step in to allow the state to use a congressional map in the midterms that was drawn by Democrats and recently approved by voters.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) on Friday blasted the Supreme Court for declining to reinstate Virginia’s new congressional map approved by voters after the state’s high court struck down the measure. “The Supreme Court of the United States has now joined the Supreme Court of Virginia in choosing to nullify an election and the votes…
State officials had asked the justices to step in to allow the state to use a congressional map in the midterms that was drawn by Democrats and recently approved by voters.
Virginia Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger erupted in anger on social media Friday after the Supreme Court refused to reinstate the state's new congressional map that Democrats openly designed to flip up to four House seats in the 2026 midterms. The post Virginia Governor Spanberger Rages on X After Supreme Court Kills Democrat Gerrymander appeared…
The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a new congressional map approved by Virginia voters cannot be used. The high court found legal flaws in the process leading up to the referendum. The new map was intended to maximize Democratic-leaning districts.
The decision leaves in place a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that concluded the process leading up to a referendum approving a new congressional map was flawed.
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid by Virginia Democrats to revive its new voter-approved congressional map that was drawn to advantage the party for the upcoming midterm elections.