Virginia voters will decide Tuesday on a new redistricting plan that Democrats hope will help the party flip four of the state’s five Republican-held US House seats.
The vote is just the latest move in a national fight that started last year when President Donald Trump and Republicans launched an effort to redraw state congressional maps to help protect the party’s narrow majority ahead of the midterm elections in November.
So far, six states have redrawn their congressional maps since 2024. Redistricting had been considered by several other states, but with the primary season well underway, Virginia and Florida, where a special session is planned, appear to be the last two states that could act this year.
