Virginia supreme court strikes down new congressional maps in win for Republicans

The Guardian — May 08, 15:05 PM

Maps, recently approved by voters, would have helped Democrats gain up to four new seats in US House

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/virginia">Virginia’s supreme court on Friday ruled that the state cannot use new congressional maps approved by voters to help https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/democrats">Democrats gain as many as four new seats in the US House of Representatives, handing Republicans a major win ahead of November’s https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-midterm-elections-2026">midterm elections.

The high court found that the state’s general assembly did not follow the appropriate procedure in approving the maps, which voters then https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/virginia-congressional-maps">passed in a referendum last month.