Republicans Are Building an Advantage in Redistricting. How Much?

Where things stands now in the race for House control.

By Nate Cohn

US Democrats face midterm election setback after Virginia court ruling

Referendum approving party’s plan to redraw congressional map is overturned by judges

Virginia’s high court strikes down voter-passed House map favoring Democrats

The finding is a major setback for Democrats in their effort to counter GOP-led redistricting in other states. The measure approved April 21 gave Democrats an edge in four districts.

By Gregory S. Schneider

Trump news at a glance: Republicans dominating redistricting fight across several states before midterms

President and his party celebrate as Democrats vow to fight Virginia court ruling barring state from enacting new voter-approved congressional maps – key US politics stories from 8 May 2026 at a glance Virginia’s supreme court on Friday ruled that the state cannot use new congressional maps approved by voters to help Democrats gain as many as four new seats in the US House of Representatives, handing Republicans a major win before November’s midterm elections. In a 4-3 decision, the court fou...

By Guardian staff

Virginia Supreme Court rules against voters' referendum on redistricting

The Virginia Supreme Court has delivered a striking blow to Democrats in the redistricting battle they're waging against Republicans.

By Jahd Khalil

Virginia Democrat who helped lead state's redistricting push also played part in killing it

A judge Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., once appointed helped torpedo Virginia Democrats' redistricting effort, which Warner poured cash, time and effort into getting passed.

Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting plan in US

Virginia's top court blocks redistricting plan, handing Republicans a key win before crucial midterm elections.

Virginia Supreme Court strikes down redistricting push in blow to Democrats

In the ongoing redistricting wars, Virginia was seen as an opportunity for Democrats to pick up as many as four seats.

Virginia Supreme Court delivers devastating blow to Democrats’ voter-approved redistricting plan

While voters narrowly approved the amendment on April 21, the court's decision renders that vote null

By David A. Lieb

Virginia court blocks Democratic redistricting map in midterm blow

The state’s highest court ordered that an earlier version be used in the November elections after ruling that the legislature’s process for pursuing the new map violated state's constitution

By Bloomberg News

What The Indiana Primaries Tell Us About Trump's Grip On The GOP

What The Indiana Primaries Tell Us About Trump's Grip On The GOP Tuesday night’s primaries in Indiana were not subtle. Five of seven Republican state senators who had blocked a congressional redistricting map favored by President Donald Trump lost their primary races to Trump-backed challengers. The message, delivered cleanly through the ballot box, couldn’t have been clearer. Twenty-one Republicans in the Indiana Senate voted against a new congressional map that would likely...

By Tyler Durden