Virginia’s referendum next week marks the beginning of the end of a nationwide battle to use mid-decade redistricting to gain seats in the U.S. House.
The fight is drawing to a close in nearly a dozen states that have gerrymandered, or plan to gerrymander, congressional district lines for partisan advantage ahead of the November elections.
House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana and former Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin rallied Republican voters this weekend in deep-red Rockingham County, Virginia. A special election Tuesday will decide whether Democrats can redraw district lines and cut out nearly all the state’s Republican representation in Congress.