Virginia voters narrowly approve gerrymandered congressional maps – boosting Dem chances of retaking the House
The aggressive gerrymandering measure, which could net Democrats four congressional seats, passed in a 50% to 49% vote.
Virginia voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday night allowing Democrats to redraw the Old Dominion’s congressional districts with a 10-1 advantage, but the party will have to hold off on celebrations. Democrats still face a difficult battle at the state supreme court after having already lost arguments on several grounds at a lower court. The post…
The aggressive gerrymandering measure, which could net Democrats four congressional seats, passed in a 50% to 49% vote.
Result could help Democrats win four extra US House seats in tit-for-tat redistricting battle begun by TexasVoters in Virginia on Tuesday approved new congressional maps intended to boost Democrats’ chances of retaking the House of Representatives, in the latest blow to Donald Trump’s effort to use mid-decade redistricting to preserve his control of…
Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a new congressional map that would give Democrats an advantage in 10 House districts, leaving just one safe Republican seat, CBS News projects.
NBC News projects that Virginia voters have approved redrawing the congressional district map. NBC News' Steve Kornacki provides analysis of the vote.
Virginia voters have delivered a significant win to Democrats, as the party aims to pick up four more U.S. House seats in the state.
President Trump and his MAGA coalition are beginning to panic as the threat of a successful Democratic redistricting vote on Tuesday in Virginia looms over them.“This is what they’re going to be doing.… If [the Democrats] get additional House seats, at some point, if they get these additional seats they’re gonna be making changes at the federal levels,”…
Virginia voters have approved a Democrat-backed redistricting plan, according to Decision Desk HQ, greenlighting a new congressional map that could net the party as many as four seats ahead of the midterm elections. Voters in the Old Dominion cast their ballots in a Tuesday referendum, in which Democratic lawmakers asked them to approve a state…
Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a referendum to redraw the state’s congressional map in a way that would give Democrats a 10-1 advantage, marking the latest front in a nationwide push by both parties to tilt the House battlefield in their favor. The Associated Press called the race in favor of the referendum at 8:49…