A mid-decade remap is an awful idea. Almost as awful as the insanity Republicans started in Texas

By: Bob Lewis

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: March 3, 2026

Words: 1,043

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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It’s a ridiculous idea: temporarily revert to hyper-partisan reapportionment just six years after Virginia voters, weary of its abuses, put an independent bipartisan commission in charge of drawing fairer, more sensible lines.

Virginia voters are being asked to backtrack on a noble choice they made in 2020. Under a bizarre new map proposed by Democratic majorities that rule the General Assembly, Republicans could shrink from five of Virginia’s 11 U.S. House seats to just …

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