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Redistricting has already thrown a long shadow over the 2026 midterm elections, and we’re not done yet.
As our colleague Michael Macagnone reported, a Virginia judge in deep-red Tazewell County late Wednesday sided with Republicans challenging the commonwealth’s new redistricting referendum, just one day after voters approved a new map that would favor Democrats in 10 of 11 House seats in the Old Dominion. Ultimately, the Supreme Court of Virginia is expected determine the constitutionality of the redistricting effort.
