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Posted on 04/21/2026 7:05:47 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Democrats approved a new congressional map in Virginia on Tuesday, the latest skirmish in a redistricting arms race that will help determine which party wins control of Congress in the midterm elections.
Leading up to the Virginia vote, Republicans had amassed a cushion of newly drawn Republican seats through gerrymanders in Texas, North Carolina, Missouri and Ohio. Democrats countered with a gerrymander of their own in California, and courts in Utah gave Democrats an unexpected new district in the deeply red Western state.
That meant that going into Tuesday night, there were between eight and nine new Republican-leaning districts, and six new Democratic-leaning districts, giving Republicans a two- to three-seat edge.
But Virginia’s approval of its new map could wipe that advantage out, creating up to four new Democratic-leaning seats. That leaves the national redistricting war at roughly a draw, with Democrats currently enjoying a small advantage. But Republicans could regain a slight edge if Florida chooses to redistrict (as Gov. Ron DeSantis has said it will).
Hanging over the gerrymandering drama is a looming decision at the Supreme Court over a critical provision in the Voting Rights Act. The court could rule in the next few weeks and strike down part of the civil rights law that effectively bans racial gerrymandering. If that happens, several Republican states, largely in the South, will have the opportunity to push through new maps ahead of the midterms.
Any slight edge heading into November could be critical for either party. Campaigning in swing congressional districts can cost millions of dollars, and Republicans hold control of the House of Representatives by just a handful of seats.
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They won we lost. What’s there to know? Deal with it and don’t whine.
Floriduh and Tejas need to go back and do scorched earth...
Kemp should call a special session here in GA.
9-5.
He can make it 12-2 but he won't do that.
I’m not an attorney, but representing a bill as restoring fairness, which is actually, restoring liberal dominance, can’t be constitutional. I would also think, a state altering their representation as a weapon against what they perceive as a slight based on another state should be questionable. Are we moving to a place where only conservative votes matter in red states, and only liberal votes matter in blue ones?
Kemp?
The big fanny fan?
The won with TDS?
Vorginias gotten called (arizona early) as if the cheat is in and steal is real.
fake news giddy and dims chirping stupidly, I don’t trust our voting. No way this stands. 250 year repeat coming.
Correct.
“Are we moving to a place where only conservative votes matter in red states, and only liberal votes matter in blue ones?
“
Yep.
Welcome to the Brave New World....
Why do you feel the need to make comments like this?
“ Floriduh and Tejas need to go back and do scorched earth...”
? The GOP Congress are going to go scorched earth? For what? They do nothing to helpp us or Trump. Ever
If the GOP senate ever get around to voting for the save America act maybe they can think about commenting on this. Otherwise? They’re not interested
Well since it was 6-5 and is now 10-1 with the party’s split almost 50/50 50% of people will be disenfranchised especially rural. Not sure how 50% can be without representation
“The GOP Congress are going to go scorched earth? For what? They do nothing to help us or Trump. Ever”
Well, THERE is certainly THAT.....
“...Not sure how 50% can be without representation...”
It’s their Democracy....
Exactly.
How depressing..
That’s exactly it. It’s the worst, bald-faced form of gerrymandering to disenfranchise voters from the party that doesn’t control the legislature. I wasn’t for it when it was tried (and failed) in Indiana. The electorate of Indiana is no more 8-1 Republican than Virginia’s is 10-1 Democrat, although the effort in Virginia is much more egregious. The first district of Indiana, where I live, has been held by a Democrat for almost 100 years. That’s the political demographic of the district, like it or not.
Thank you Indiana a-holes.
**They won we lost. What’s there to know? Deal with it and don’t whine.**
**Why do you feel the need to make comments like this?**
Do you have a problem with the truth? Our side has no fight in it. All we have is Trump.
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