Democrat Abigail Spanberger backs Virginia legislature’s redistricting push

Doug Wilder, America's first Black governor, backs scrapping Virginia's redistricting commission

Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder said the redistricting fight in Richmond has stripped away the moral facade of the bipartisan commission once touted as a tool for fairer politics.

Democrat Abigail Spanberger backs Virginia legislature's redistricting push

Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic candidate for Virginia governor, says that she doesn't oppose a push by the state's Democratic-controlled legislature to redraw congressional districts ahead of next year's midterm elections.

Democrat Abigail Spanberger backs Virginia legislature’s redistricting push

Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic candidate for Virginia governor, says that she doesn't oppose a push by the state’s Democratic-controlled legislature to redraw congressional districts ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

Will the Virginia Democrats' Special Session on Redistricting Backfire at the Ballot Box?

In the final stretch before Election Day, Virginia Democrats called a special session of the Legislature to focus on redistricting—a session that may take the Republican candidate for governor, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, off the campaign trail. If this is a last-minute election strategy, however, it may backfire, a former attorney general noted. “I left the campaign trail because my duty is here, in this building, with the people’s Senate,” E…

Redistricting push amps up pressure for Democrats to win Virginia House and more state headlines

The state Capitol. (Photo by Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) • “Virginia gubernatorial candidates debate trans youth rights as LGBTQ+ voters weigh a fraught moment.” — Associated Press • “Redistricting push amps up pressure for Democrats to win Virginia House.” — Washington Post • “CSX train derailment in New Kent County sends 53 coal cars off track.” — WTKR • “Lynchburg councilwoman pushes for law to protect children from secondhand marijuana smok…

Democrats could draw maps to put every Virginia Republican representative in a blue district. Here’s how.

Virginia Democrats could gerrymander the state’s congressional lines enough that they could pick up at least three extra seats and possibly four seats in next year’s midterm elections, according to some possible maps already being circulated. As soon as it became clear that Democrats were going to call a snap special session of the General Assembly this week to set in motion a rare mid-decade redistricting, political junkies fired up their mappi…