“Virginia Democrats unveiled a proposed U.S. House map that aims to give their party four more seats in the latest effort to fight President Trump’s redistricting push, even as an ongoing legal challenge makes use of that map for the midterm elections far from certain,” the AP reports.
“The map would dilute Republicans’ hold in Virginia’s conservative areas while giving Democrats a better footing in the districts they would like to flip. And it would give Democrats nationwide a boost in the redistricting battle for the House ahead of the November elections.”
Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball: “Hurdles remain for this map to actually go into effect—Virginia voters would have to give the legislature the power to impose the map through a statewide vote scheduled for April 21. And there is also an ongoing legal fight that could effectively block the map.”
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