RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's Speaker of the House of Delegates is calling lawmakers back to Richmond to redraw the state's Congressional districts.

Speaker Don Scott (D-Portsmouth) sent a letter to lawmakers of both parties Thursday afternoon, saying they will reconvene on Monday under the 2024 Special Session that has not adjourned.

Both chambers of the state legislature are controlled by Democrats by a slim majority. Several other states in the country have redrawn their Congressional maps ahead of next year's midterms to give their party an advantage in more seats.

While the letter does not state what the purpose of the meeting will be, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said in a statement that the session is "to preserve the option to amend the Virginia Constitution to a

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