Virginia 2025 elections
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See local results in the 2025 elections for New York City mayor, the governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey and for California's redistricting measure, Proposition 50.
New Jersey and Virginia have a long standing pattern of electing governors from the party opposite from the sitting president.
Lawmakers passed a constitutional amendment that would allow them to bypass the state's bipartisan redistricting commission before the midterm elections.
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Va. Democrats roll out redistricting amendment to counter GOP map changes in other states
Virginia House Democrats on Tuesday afternoon released the long-awaited text of their proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the General Assembly to modify congressional districts mid-decade if another state redraws its own congressional map for political reasons.
The Democrat-controlled legislature approved an amendment that would allow redistricting next year, but the process will take months.
Democrats in Virginia announced an effort Thursday to redraw their congressional map in an effort to pick up more House seats in next year’s midterm elections—the latest move by Democrats to counter Republican-led gerrymandering in other states, The New York Times reported.
Virginia Democrats are reportedly planning to discuss redrawing the state’s congressional maps during an upcoming special session, according to GOP state lawmakers and reports from the New York Times.
The Virginia House of Delegates, controlled by Democrats, completed the first of several steps Wednesday that could allow for a redrawing of Virginia's congressional maps before the 2026 midterms.
The Virginia Senate has passed a proposed constitutional amendment, allowing the state to begin congressional map redistricting before 2026.