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Virginia Democrats advance plan to counter Trump-spawned redistricting in Republican states
Democrats aim to bypass an independent commission to redraw maps in 2025, potentially gaining two U.S. House seats amid a national redistricting battle, officials said.
- On Wednesday, the Democratic-led Virginia House of Delegates voted to amend the state constitution to allow legislators to redraw congressional maps next year, sending the measure to the Virginia state Senate.
- Democrats say their move responds to President Donald Trump pushing Texas to redraw maps this year, while the California legislature’s plan will be decided by voters in a special election next week.
- The amendment would temporarily bypass the independent redistricting commission created by Virginia constitutional amendment in 2020, and Democrats currently hold six of Virginia's 11 U.S. House seats with a good chance of gaining at least two more.
- Virginia Democrats entered the fray amid the state's closely watched gubernatorial race and House of Delegates elections, while Republican lawmakers cried foul, calling it a naked power grab.
- Republicans, including President Donald Trump, acknowledge that redrawn maps this summer in Texas and similar plans in Missouri and North Carolina aim to preserve their party's slim U.S. House majority.
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Virginia Democrats advance plan to counter Trump-spawned redistricting in Republican states
The Democratic-led Virginia House of Delegates voted on Wednesday to amend the state constitution to allow legislators to redraw Virginia's congressional maps next year, heightening a multistate, mid-decade redistricting war spawned by President Donald Trump.
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