Virginia’s new Democrat-controlled government could pursue a redistricting effort that could wipe out four of the five Republican congressional seats heading into the midterms.

Newly-minted Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger is backing the effort “100%.”

Democrats are pushing a redistricting effort that could change Virginia’s congressional representation from six Democrats and five Republicans to 10 Democrats and one Republican. House Republicans already have a slim majority in the 119th Congress, and Virginia’s redistricting effort, if successful, could give Democrats the edge to take the House come Election Day.  

Democrats in the state House and Senate have passed an amendment to the state constitution that, if signed by Spanberger, would lead to a referendum in April for constituents to vote on the amendment.  

With the newly-proposed amendment, Democrats are attempting to upend a 2020 constitutional amendment that established a bipartisan redistricting commission. If the amendment succeeds, the map would........

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