In the 2026 midterm elections, redistricting seems to be the name of the game. States across the nation both red and blue are working hard to effectively gerrymander the minority right out of their delegations in a tit-for-tat battle raging across legislatures and courts. But the Virginia Supreme Court just broke the cycle, ruling 4-3 against the newly minted congressional map that was projected to flip as many as four Republican-held seats blue in November.
The decision is bad enough for Democrats from a simple and practical mathematical perspective: Gaining four seats would have clearly been better for them than not doing so. But in a week of Republican redistricting wins across the nation, this decision by the Virginia Supreme Court had to have been a particularly devastating gut punch for Old Dominion Democrats.
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