In one of the most important congressional redistricting battles ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, voters in Virginia approved a new map that will eliminate nearly all of the state’s Republican representation in the U.S. House after 2026.
A narrow majority of voters said “yes” to a ballot question asking to allow the Virginia General Assembly to temporarily install new congressional districts “to restore fairness in the upcoming elections.”
With 88% of the vote counted, the “yes” vote led by 51% to 49% and multiple news organizations had called the race by 9 p.m., considering what areas still had to be counted.
Democratic leaders in the state sought voter permission for outright gerrymandering in order to counter partisan congressional maps carved in Texas and other red states.
The state’s newly elected Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger, once an opponent of gerrymandering congressional districts, defended the proposed lopsided map in Virginia as
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