Virginia Democrats Propose Redrawing Maps to Get Four New Seats %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% Virginia Democrats propose redrawing maps to get four new seats

Virginia Democrats are attempting to create a new congressional map in 2026 that could help them win four new seats.

Amid efforts in other states to make maps more favorable to Democrats or Republicans, Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Don Scott outlined the state's plans to do the same at a meeting of the Virginia Property Owners Alliance.

Scott said President Donald Trump was "bullying" other states to redraw their congressional maps, causing Virginia to do the same. "We didn't want to have to do this," he said. "This was done because Donald Trump told Texas, Indiana, North Carolina—our neighbors—to rig their elections."

The speaker said a new map could change the balance of the state legislature from six Democrats and five Republicans to 10 Democrats and one Republican, meanin