‘Pushing back’: Counties join cities to battle Virginia Democrats’ agenda to exclude Republicans from Congress

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026 (Official White House photo)

Leftist lawmakers in Virginia are demanding that Democrats have a 10-1 advantage over Republicans in the state’s congressional districts, even though the 6-5 split now represents closely the actual voter presence in the state.

But they face lawsuits, and the state Supreme Court has allowed a vote on that dispute to move forward even as the justices deliberate whether it even is legal...