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Democrats up in Virginia, but US voters may pay price for redistricting war

redistricting has been decided, with voters in Virginia approving [redrawing](/news/2026/4/22/virginia-redistricting-election-results-key-takeaways-from-democrats-win) the state’s electoral map. The result of Tuesday’s referendum

Virginia redistricting election results: Key takeaways from Democrats’ win

redistricting election results: Key takeaways from Democrats’ win Virginia voters have narrowly approved a referendum

Florida’s Republican governor unveils plan for redrawn congressional maps

redistricting contrasted sharply with the response of [Republicans](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans) over the Virginia referendum result

Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting plan in US

redistricting. Voters narrowly approved the amendment on April 21, but the court’s ruling renders the results of that vote meaningless. “This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders

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redistricting in favor of Democrats, while Virginia’s governor backed holding a vote to do so, resulting in Tuesday’s referendum

Trump calls Virginia election ‘rigged’ after redistricting referendum

redistricting referendum United States President Donald Trump has claimed that the [Virginia election](/news/2026/4/22/virginia-redistricting-election-results-key-takeaways-from-democrats-win) was “rigged”, without providing evidence, after voters narrowly approved a referendum to redraw the state’s congressional map. With most ballots

Virginia voters approve new congressional maps in blow to Trump

Virginia’s 11 districts. In the current delegation, Democrats hold six seats and Republicans five. The referendum, which changes the state constitution to set aside through the 2030 census a nonpartisan redistricting process voters authorized

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Virginia’s attorney general, **Jay Jones**, promised to appeal an injunction issued by a circuit court judge that temporarily blocks the state from certifying the results of the Tuesday’s redistricting referendum

Virginia votes on new congressional map with control of House at stake

Virginia is now the second time that a Democratic gerrymander will be decided at the ballot box. The commonwealth’s referendum would change the constitution to set aside, through the 2030 census, a nonpartisan redistricting

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redistricting battle between the two parties that is also playing out in Virginia. Virginia voters on 21 April approved a new Democratic-drawn congressional map in a special election that could have flipped four Republican

Court rejects Virginia redistricting in a blow to Democrats' counter to Trump, GOP

Virginia struck down the congressional redistricting approved by voters in April. The ruling is a major setback for Democrats' attempt to counter the pro-GOP reshuffling of voting maps led by President Trump. Commonwealth voters

Hakeem Jeffries says Virginia redistricting assures a 'free and fair midterm'

referendum at a polling place in Alexandria.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3883x3883+890+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1c%2F47%2Fdbbabf1a4f20a4417fa5ce7bd45a%2Fap26111513688177.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/nx-s1-5793878/virginia-redistricting-results-trump) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [Virginia voters OK a Democratic effort to redraw the state's congressional map](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/nx-s1-5793878/virginia-redistricting-results-trump) This race

Virginia’s redistricting vote ‘a critical step’ for the swing state

Virginia are being taken advantage of because we have a much more difficult process to respond if somebody is going to be behaving in such an inappropriate way,” Abrenio said. “You have the first time

Voters say they feel confused and misled on Virginia's redistricting vote

result in Democrats gaining four seats in the U.S. House. Democrats won in a landslide in the 2025 gubernatorial election, but Virginia is still a fairly purple state, and Tuesday's redistricting vote seems

Virginia congressional map vote could embolden Florida Republicans to push for boundary changes, says Jeffries – US politics live

result in [Virginia](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/virginia) should serve as a warning to DeSantis. He wrote in a statement: > double quotation markIf Florida Republicans proceed with this illegal scheme, they will only create more prime-pick

With Virginia vote, Democrats gain edge over Trump's national GOP redistricting push

results of the 2024 presidential election by congressional district in Texas](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/373x373+1078+803/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2F2a%2F10026c0e48db8cdd3cd0b16b5a1e%2Fgrove-redistricting-texas-20250811.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2025/08/18/nx-s1-5495427/trump-redistricting-texas-congress-california) ### [News](https://www.npr.org/sections/news/) ### [Trump prompted a battle over voting maps. Here's how redistricting affects voters](https://www.npr.org/2025/08/18/nx-s1-5495427/trump-redistricting-texas-congress-california)