A Democrat scheme to take over Virginia’s congressional seats, setting up Democrat majorities in 10 out of the state’s 11 districts, has failed.
The ruling comes from the state Supreme Court which invalidated a voter-approved redistricting plan because lawmakers failed to follow the constitutional process that is required to put the measure on a ballot.
Democrats, under the leadership of an extreme left Gov. Abigail Spanberger, had rushed through a vote on their plan to put Democrats in the majority in 10 of the state’s 11 districts. The division right now is 6-5 with the Democrats in the majority.
The vote would have, had it not failed constitutionally, given the 51% of the voters, those supporting the Democrat plan, more than 90% of the state’s congressional representation, while leaving the 49% who opposed the Democrat plan only 9% of the representation.
It’s part of the redistricting wars going on across America these days, where political parties are using their states’ power to set congressional district boundaries to try to gain an advantage in the U.S. House, whose members are up for election in the fall.
The decision represents a catastrophic setback for Democrats, who planned to gain four seats through their moves in Virginia.
🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: The Virginia Supreme Court has STRUCK DOWN the new maps in rammed through by Democrats in the state
A MASSIVE win for Republicans!
We now have FOUR SEATS back in the state.
LFG! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/KlQIAwjk0d
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 8, 2026
BREAKING: The Virginia Supreme Court in a 4-3 ruling has struck down Democrats’ unconstitutional gerrymandering referendum. The voter-approved maps would have flipped Virginia’s congressional delegation from 6D–5R to roughly 10D–1R.
The state will now keep its existing maps,… pic.twitter.com/qLJd3KIqpa
— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) May 8, 2026
A report at the Washington Examiner said the court’s ruling was that lawmakers acted too late when they approved the amendment plan, because more than a million early ballots already had been cast in last year’s elections.
“The state’s Constitution requires the state legislature to vote on any proposed constitutional amendments in two stages with an election in between to give voters the opportunity to hold their representatives accountable if they don’t like the proposed amendment, and the state Supreme Court found that Virginia Democrats did not follow that process,” the report said.
The decision means that the existing districts, where voter preferences are favorable to Democrats in six districts and to Republicans in five will remain.
Earlier, a lower court blocked certification of the election after finding the amendment process violated constitutional essentials.
There also were questions raised about the biased ballot language, which falsely claimed that adopting the new districts would restore “fairness” to the election, a campaign claim that even Barack Obama pushed.
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