The final Virginia House of Delegates redistricting map approved by the state’s high court on Dec. 28, 2021. (Supreme Court of Virginia via Courthouse News) RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — Virginia’s new ...

The decision, handed down in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, orders the Virginia General Assembly to draw up new congressional maps by April — potentially launching ...

Virginia’s new 7th Congressional District (photo courtesy of Va. Supreme Court) The initial map for new congressional districts moved the 7th District, held by Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va ...

T he Supreme Court of Virginia unanimously approved maps establishing congressional and state legislative districts under the commonwealth’s new redistricting maps Dec. 28.

Virginia voters have quite literally been waiting for maps that reflected their interests since 1788, when Patrick Henry intentionally drew James Madison out of his congressional district to ...

The mayor of Virginia Beach will still be voted on by all residents, but the rest of the council members will only be voted on by the people of that particular district. The 10 districts have ...

WASHINGTON – A conservative Supreme Court gave Democrats a major victory over Republicans in Virginia Monday by spurning the GOP's defense of election maps drawn with both racial and partisan ...

RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — Virginia legislators and voting rights advocates spent Thursday morning reacting with a mix of praise and concern to draft redistricting maps released overnight by the state’s ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Proposed redistricting maps under consideration by the Virginia Supreme Court would constitute a significant reduction in the number of majority Black districts in the ...

The Supreme Court dove into the issue of racial gerrymandering Monday as the justices reviewed a lower court opinion that struck down Virginia district maps as a violation of the Constitution.

Supreme Court gives states leeway on political maps. The Virginia case stemmed from congressional district lines originally drawn by Republicans that packed black voters into the district ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a voting-rights case with several unusual twists, including disagreements among Virginia officials about who was entitled to represent ...