Virginia’s Supreme Court threw out the state’s Democrat-backed redistricting referendum on Friday, ruling 4-3 that lawmakers failed to follow the constitutional process required to amend the state’s governing document. The decision voids a new congressional map that would have handed Democrats a commanding 10-1 advantage in the state’s House delegation and preserves the existing 6-5 map that currently favors Republicans.
The ruling lands at a moment when control of the U.S. House hangs by a thread. Republicans can only afford to lose a handful of seats to keep their majority, and the now-discarded Virginia map would have given Democrats four additional pickup opportunities this fall.
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