Early voting points to an edge for Virginia Democrats trying to enact a US House map that could flip four seats
Early voting data from Virginia suggests Democrats have an advantage in their push to enact a gerrymander that could net them as many as four US House seats in this fall’s midterms.
Groups backing the redistricting measure in an April 21 special election had long pointed to Saturday, April 11, as a date to watch, when many counties opened additional early voting sites. This included several population-heavy, Democratic-leaning counties in the Washington, DC, suburbs of Northern Virginia.
Next week’s referendum has major stakes for this fall’s midterms given the razor-thin House majority and the national redistricting battle launched at President Donald Trump’s behest last year.
House Speaker Mike Johnson campaigned this weekend with several Virginia Republicans whose seats would be sharply redrawn if the referendum succeeds. Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries also rallied supporters this weekend in Charlottesville and Richmond, a sign of how both he and Johnson are aggressively fighting for a handful of seats that could help tip the House majority.
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