Revision History

Virginia's Supreme Court struck down a voter-approved constitutional amendment that would have allowed Democrats to redraw the state's congressional map, ruling 4-3 that the legislature violated procedural requirements by initiating the amendment process while early voting was already underway. The decision preserves the current 6-5 Democratic-majority map instead of a proposed 10-1 Democratic map, delivering a major boost to Republican hopes of defending their narrow U.S. House majority in November 2026.