The Virginia Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the state’s congressional redistricting ballot referendum, passed last month, violated the state’s constitution.
The new map could have netted Democrats up to four new U.S. House seats.
The decision is a blow to the Democrats’ hope of retaking the House in the fall and comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that districts drawn based on racial preferences are unconstitutional. Republican controlled states have already begun redrawing their districts, which will likely cost the Democrats more seats.
The Virginia Supreme Courtheldin a 4-3 decision that Democrats “submitted a proposed constitutional amendment to Virginia voters in an unprecedented manner” that violated the state’s constitution.
The constitutionrequiresthat an amendment be approved by two separate votes of the legislature, with an election between the votes. Early voting in last fall’s election was already underway when the proposed amendment passed the legislature.
“This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders it null and void,” the justices concluded.
The ruling is on the basis I predicted: failure of the Va. Gen. Assembly to pass its proposed gerrymandering amendment on both sides of an intervening election.
Still reading…https://t.co/szeEHuaes7
— Ken Cuccinelli II (@KenCuccinelli)May 8, 2026
Virginiansvotedlast month, approximately 51.7 percent to 48.3 percent, to permit redrawn congressional districts, taking the current party breakdown from a 6-5 split to a potential 10-1 Democratic Party advantage.
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