Gerrymandering
Virginia redistricting amendment approval confirmed with 51-49 final tally amid GOP court threats
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Final results confirm Virginia voters' narrow 51-49% approval of the redistricting amendment on April 21, solidifying a Democratic-favoring congressional map expected to deliver 10 of 11 seats through 2030. Building on early projections, the outcome suspends the bipartisan commission amid national midcycle battles, with Republicans vowing court challenges.
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed its Louisiana v. Callais decision to take immediate effect, enabling states to redraw congressional maps in ways that could reduce minority representation.
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The US Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Callais v. Louisiana, significantly weakening Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act following October 2025 oral arguments. Critics argue the ruling, led by the Republican-appointed majority, invites states to redraw maps entrenching racial disenfranchisement. Republicans expressed satisfaction with the outcome.
Missouri Democrats and allied groups are racing to qualify a referendum to block a new Republican-drawn congressional map that targets a Democratic-held Kansas City seat and could give the GOP a 7–1 edge in the state’s U.S. House delegation. The campaign must submit roughly 106,000 valid signatures by Dec. 11, 2025, to put the map on hold until voters decide its fate in 2026, amid mounting court fights and a coordinated national redistricting push.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed two three-judge circuit court panels to hear lawsuits challenging the state’s Republican-favoring congressional map. A conservative justice’s dissent defending the existing districts relied on a mischaracterization of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Elections Clause.