Virginia voters approve major redistricting measure
Virginia voters approved a full redrawing of the state’s congressional districts, according to Decision Desk HQ and NBC News, a change that could blunt President Donald Trump's push to expand the Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The approved maps could transform Old Dominion's 11-member delegation from a 6-to-5 Democratic edge to an overwhelming 10-to-1 advantage.
But if the margin of victory is less than one-half of 1%, the defeated side has the right under Virginia election law to ask for a state-funded recount. Republicans could also launch legal challenges to preserve the old maps.
The vote is the latest mid-decade battle that has engulfed the nation in a bare-knuckled partisan brawl, which Trump started when he made an unusual call upon Texas Republicans to redo their state's map last year, creating five more favorable GOP seats.
