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<p>Create Virginia Redistricting Amendment article</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Virginia 2025 Redistricting Amendment''' — Controversial constitutional amendment pushed through by Virginia Democrats to enable partisan redistricting of congressional maps.<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
In October 2025, with early voting already underway for the November elections, Virginia Democrats introduced and fast-tracked a constitutional amendment (HJ 6007) that would allow the General Assembly to redraw congressional districts — bypassing the bipartisan redistricting commission established by a 2020 constitutional amendment that voters approved with 66% support.<br />
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== Timeline ==<br />
* '''October 24, 2025''': House Majority Leader Charniele Herring introduced a resolution for a special session to consider redistricting amendments<br />
* '''October 27, 2025''': House of Delegates agreed 50-42<br />
* '''October 28, 2025''': Four Democratic delegates introduced the constitutional amendment<br />
* '''October 29, 2025''': State Senate agreed 17-21 (later revised/re-voted)<br />
* '''January 2026''': Amendment re-approved by new legislature, sent to spring 2026 referendum<br />
* '''February 2026''': [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/virginia-supreme-court-allows-redistricting-special-election-rcna258937 Virginia Supreme Court allows redistricting special election to move forward]<br />
* '''February 2026''': AG Jay Jones [https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/02/04/virginia-redistricting-lawsuit-trump-jones/ petitions to intervene] in redistricting lawsuit<br />
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== Controversy ==<br />
* The amendment was introduced and passed while '''hundreds of thousands of votes had already been cast''' in early voting<br />
* Critics called it an "unconstitutional power grab" designed to create a 10-1 or 9-2 Democratic congressional map<br />
* Republicans argued it violated the spirit of the 2020 bipartisan commission amendment that voters overwhelmingly approved<br />
* The proposed maps would give Democrats up to 91% of Virginia's U.S. House seats with approximately 51% of the vote<br />
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== Christian Heiens Analysis ==<br />
Political commentator Christian Heiens [https://x.com/ChristianHeiens noted] that "there is precisely one legal argument that could save us from political armageddon in Virginia" — that Democrats missed the deadline since early voting was already underway. He was widely cited by [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/10/24/virginia-democrats-unconstitutional-power-grab-n2665444 Townhall] and [https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/10/24/virginia-dems-pull-redistricting-stunt-just-before-election-n4945227 PJ Media].<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Virginia_Redistricting_Amendment Wikipedia: 2026 Virginia Redistricting Amendment]<br />
* [https://marylandmatters.org/2025/10/28/va-democrats-roll-out-redistricting-amendment-to-counter-gop-map-changes-in-other-states/ Maryland Matters: Va. Democrats roll out redistricting amendment]<br />
* [https://www.vpm.org/generalassembly/2025-10-31/ga-hj6007-gerrymandering-senate-favola-stanley-vanvalkenburg-obenshain VPM: Virginia Senate votes to propose redistricting amendment]<br />
* [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/virginia-supreme-court-allows-redistricting-special-election-rcna258937 NBC News: Virginia Supreme Court allows redistricting special election]<br />
* [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-virginia-latest-battlegrounds-redistricting-war-between-trump-democrats Fox News: Virginia redistricting battleground]<br />
* [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/10/24/virginia-democrats-unconstitutional-power-grab-n2665444 Townhall: Just How Panicked Are Virginia Democrats?]<br />
* [https://x.com/AndrewCFollett/status/2018714744320872515 @AndrewCFollett on court blocking gerrymandering]<br />
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