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The Supreme Court denied an emergency effort from Virginia Democrats to revive their chances of redrawing the state's congressional maps before the November midterms.
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The Supreme Court denied an emergency effort from Virginia Democrats to revive their chances of redrawing the state's congressional maps before the November midterms
How candidates who launched campaigns in districts that no longer exist respond ahead of the filing deadline, and whether Democrats try again before 2028
State Democrats dismissed the proposals as unrealistic, and instead tried arguing to the U.S. Supreme Court last week that the state justices misread federal election law and Virginia's constitution
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In a brief order on Friday, the justices declined state Democrats' emergency request to pause the Virginia Supreme Court's ruling, which struck down the voter-approved redistricting plan, to buy time to craft an appeal. Friday's decision marks another Republican victory in a growing redistricting fight nationwide, and cements a difficult path ahead for Democrats to flip a closely divided U.S. House in the midterms. Virginia's now-rejected map would have favored Democrats in 10 of the state's 11 districts and potentially helped them pick up four additional seats in Congress. But after a slew of legal challenges, the state high court this month overturned the redistricting referendum results, saying the amendment process led by Democrats violated the state constitution.