Judge Deals Huge Blow To Democrat Attempt To Gerrymander Virginia
A state court on Tuesday rejected a mid-decade Democratic redistricting effort in Virginia, dealing a blow to the party’s chances of picking up House seats there before the midterm elections.
Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley Jr. cited four procedural errors in the proposed constitutional amendment to authorize redistricting. Some Democratic state lawmakers have pushed for a lopsided gerrymander with as many as 10 seats favoring the party and just one seat favoring Republicans — a stark contrast to the current delegation of six Democrats and five Republicans in the Virginia House of Representatives.
An Oct. 31, 2025, vote on a procedural resolution authorizing the redistricting measure before the state legislature passed “strictly along party lines,” the court noted. Four procedural steps were found to be erroneous according to the order, including the proposed constitutional amendment being “neither published by the Clerk of the House of Delegates nor posted at the front door of each courthouse.” (RELATED: Democrats take control of the state and act immediately to relax crime laws)
🚨 BREAKING: VA Circuit Court judge rules that AG’s adoption of Democrats’ Partisan Gerrymandering amendment 4 days before November election violated the law’s clear and unambiguous notice requirements. The court issued an injunction banning the April 21 referendum. pic.twitter.com/RSLEpEAsnq
–Mark Obenshain (@MarkObenshain) January 27, 2026
The court also cited an error in the timing of the vote, “approximately forty-three days after the start of voting in the 2025 general election for the House of Delegates, in which more than one million votes (approximately 40 percent of the total 2025 votes) had already been cast.”
Newly inaugurated Gov. Abigail Spanberger did not endorse or condemn the redistricting effort during her campaign. Several points of sale, including Policy And The Washington Postreported that Democrats are expected to appeal the decision.
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