RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A majority of voters in Virginia approved a redistricting effort Tuesday that aimed to add four additional congressional seats for Democrats.
The vote came after Democrats scrambled to pass a constitutional amendment allowing the redrawing of the congressional map ahead of the midterm elections in November. Democrats argued implementing a map that’s expected to change Virginia from a state with six Democratic and five Republican seats to 10 Democratic seats and one Republican was a necessary response to President Donald Trump’s calls on other states, including Texas and North Carolina, to redraw their congressional maps to help elect more Republicans.
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