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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.
Virginia is the latest front in an unprecedented coast-to-coast redistricting war, with voters on Tuesday set to determine whether to accept or reject a Democratic plan to dramatically redraw the state’s congressional maps and help shape the midterm elections.
A new map stands to give Democrats robust support in Virginia.
Virginia voters voted for a new congressional map, helping Democrats chances of flipping the U.S. House.
A special election to determine if Virginia voters will change the state’s constitution to allow for congressional redistricting that would likely shift four Republican-held seats to Democratic control.
A Virginia referendum to redraw the state’s congressional districts is set to upend House races, turning some contests newly competitive and endangering four Republican incumbents. The redistricting plan approved by voters Tuesday was drawn by Democratic state legislators to help their party secure 10 out of Virginia’s 11 House seats,
Virginia voters approved a Democrat-backed measure to allow for mid-decade redistricting, AP projects. Virginia votes to give Democrats potential four-seat pick-up in Congress as redistricting measure passes Currently,
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Virginia Democrats' proposed 10-D, 1-R congressional districts map preserves the broad outlines of some existing districts but redistributes how the population is grouped across much of ...
The measure puts Democrats ahead in the battle for the House, but attention now shifts to Florida, where Republicans could regain the gerrymandering advantage.