The Virginia Senate approved a constitutional amendment to reimpose the restrictions

The Virginia state Senate on Friday greenlighted a constitutional amendment that would pave the way for the Democratic-controlled legislature to redraw the US House’s maps ahead of the midterm elections.

The move by state senators, following a similar vote Wednesday in the state House, was the last step needed to send the amendment to Virginia voters. If the ballot measure is approved this spring, the legislature, replacing the current nonpartisan commission, would redraw the district’s congressional maps through 2030.

Virginia is the latest battleground in the ongoing battle between President Donald Trump and Republicans against Democrats to change congressional maps ahead of the November election. And Virginia Democrats, who currently control six of the US House’s 11 districts, aim to pick up four more left-leaning seats.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) called Friday’s update “an important step to give Virginia voters an opportunity to ensure they have fair and equal representation in Congress.”

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And charging that “Donald Trump and the Republicans are doing everything they can to secure the midterm policies in their favor with abuses that have not been seen in the middle of the decade,” the Chairman of the DCCC Rep. Suzan DelBene argued that “Girls – not politicians – will now have the opportunity to vote for a temporary, urgent alternative that will restore peace, politicians raise their voice for peace.”

But the Virginia Senate Republican Caucus accused the state Senate Democrats of passing “an amendment that is convoluted to entrench their party in power.”

And the Republican National Committee (RNC) called it a “power grab.”

“This is the latest example of a decade-long campaign by Democrats to fight for leadership in every state where they have power,” RNC national press secretary Kiersten Pels said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “That’s why red states are fighting to level the playing field after years of states like Illinois, New York, and California pulling their districts to disenfranchise Republicans.”

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Virginia Democratic lawmakers have indicated they will release a proposed map later this month.

And on Thursday, a Democratic-affiliated non-profit called “Virginians for Fair Elections” launched, urging voters to vote in favor of the redistricting system.

Aiming to prevent what happened during his first term in the White House when the Democrats regained the House majority in the 2018 midterms, Trump last spring began floating the idea of ​​a rare but unheard-of congressional reshuffle.

President Donald Trump has called on Republican-controlled states to impose limits on Congress ahead of November’s midterm elections. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The goal was simple: redraw congressional district maps in red states to shift the GOP’s slim House majority to maintain control of the chamber during a period, when the governing party often faces political storms and loses seats.

Trump’s first target was Texas.

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When asked by reporters last summer about his plan to add Republican-leaning House seats across the country, the president said, “Texas is going to be the biggest. And it’s going to be five.”

Republican government. Greg Abbott of Texas called a special session of the GOP-dominated state legislature to pass a new map.

But Democratic state lawmakers, who had breached the quorum for two weeks while fleeing Texas in an attempt to delay passage of a redistricting bill, have empowered Democrats across the country.

Among those leading the fight against Trump’s redistricting ban is Gov. Gavin Newsom of California.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an election night press conference at the California Democratic Party office on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Sacramento, after a congressional referendum on the ban was passed. (Photo by Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP)

California voters in November overwhelmingly passed Proposition 50, a ballot initiative that temporarily sidelined the state’s nonpartisan commission and returned congressional map-drawing power to the Democratic-dominated legislature.

That is expected to result in five more Democratic-leaning congressional districts in California, which were intended to oppose Texas’ move to redraw their maps.

The war quickly spread across Texas and California.

Republican-controlled Missouri and Ohio, as well as the state of North Carolina, where the GOP controls the legislature, drew new maps as part of the president’s push.

And Florida Republicans, in a move pushed by Gov. GOP. Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers also hope to pick up three to five more seats through a redistricting push during a special legislative session in April.

In a blow to Republicans, a Utah state judge late last year rejected a congressional district map drawn by the state’s GOP-dominated legislature and instead approved one that would create a Democratic-leaning district ahead of the midterms.

And Indiana Senate Republicans in December defied Trump, rejecting a redistricting bill that had passed the state House.

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith announces the results of the district congressional redistricting vote, Thursday, December 11, 2025, at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. (Michael Conroy/AP Photo)

But Trump scored a major victory when a majority on the Supreme Court lit up a new map of Texas.

Other states that could enter the redistricting battle are Democratic-controlled Illinois and Maryland and two red states with Democratic governors, Kentucky and Kansas.

On top of the redistricting battles, the Supreme Court, which is expected to rule in Louisiana v. Callais, a landmark case that could lead to the repeal of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.

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If the ruling goes the way of conservatives on the high court, it could lead to the redrawing of many minority districts across the state, which would heavily favor Republicans.

But it is very much up in the air – when the court will rule, and what exactly it will do.