There was never any doubt that the US Supreme Court, which of course has a 6-3 Republican (in several cases, far right/MAGA) majority, would deny Virginia Democrats’ appeal of the Virginia Supreme Court’s 4-3 (along partisan lines) ruling striking down the redistricting amendment. And that is, indeed, what just happened.
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday rejected Virginia Democrats’ emergency request to revive a voter-approved plan that would have allowed the state to redraw its congressional map in response to Republican gerrymanders in other states.
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The denial comes after Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) said Thursday the state would proceed with the current congressional map for the 2026 midterms regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision, citing looming election administration deadlines.
So now, as frustrated as we all are about this situation (including all the work, money, etc. that went into passing the redistricting referendum), it comes down to Democrats working to pick up as many US House seats in Virginia this November as possible – definitely VA02 (bye bye Jen Kiggans, who just recently expressed her enthusiastic agreement with a right-wing radio host’s racist language aimed at Hakeem Jeffries!), quite possibly VA01 (home of worthless Rob Wittman, who earlier today refused to condemn Kiggans’ racism; see video, below), and maybe even – with a blue wave and strong campaign by Tom Perriello – VA05 (where one of the worst members of Congress in the entire country, insurrectionist/MAGA fanatic and far-right-extremist John McGuire, misrepresents the district badly). Let’s do it!
