Virginia House Republicans are hanging their hopes for survival on the state Supreme Court blocking the new congressional map approved by voters on Tuesday night.
Approved narrowly via referendum, the new map nixes four GOP House seats, creating a likely 10-1 Democratic lock. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-VA), John McGuire (R-VA), Jen Kiggans (R-VA), and Ben Cline’s (R-VA) seats have been chopped under the new maps.
Only Rep. Morgan Griffith’s seat, in heavily Republican southwest Virginia, is still rated as safely Republican.
Wittman and McGuire expressed hope that the referendum would be struck down by the courts before they had to decide their next move.
“I have complete confidence that this amendment will be struck down by the courts because it is unconstitutional,” Wittman wrote in a press release. “Multiple legal challenges are already underway, including cases before the Virginia Supreme Court, and the final word on this issue is far
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