Supreme Court deals blow to Virginia Democrats
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Republicans believe they could win 15 additional seats from new districts in several states, including Texas, Florida, and Ohio.
Virginia Democrats are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule the Virginia Supreme Court and allow a new congressional district map to be used in this fall's midterm elections.
The win means Democrats have effectively battled President Trump and his Republican allies to a dead heat in the unprecedented nationwide mid-decade gerrymandering war that Trump started by ordering Texas to rejigger its congressional map.
Much of the focus of the ongoing redistricting war has been on which political party will come out on top. But it's voters who will pay a cost, say voting experts and voting rights advocates.
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Virginia Republicans say Democrats’ plea to SCOTUS in redistricting battle is ‘baseless’
In a scathing court filing, Virginia Republicans pushed back against Virginia Democrats' request for the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to intervene and allow the state's controversial redistricting proposal to take shape.
Democrats’ push to redistrict in Virginia is entering the home stretch as the party seeks to solidify an advantage in four more House districts ahead of the November midterms. Heavyweight donors have poured millions of dollars into the April 21 ...