Virginia's Redistricting Subterfuge
Virginia Democrats are now attempting to reverse what the majority of Virginians voted for in order to revive the practice of gerrymandering.
Chris J. Krisinger | March 15, 2026
Not so long ago, Virginia voters in 2020 went to the polls in a statewide referendum to overwhelmingly approve a state constitutional amendment that Virginia move to employ a bipartisan commission to draw its congressional boundaries rather than party politicians of the Virginia General Assembly.
That amendment -- known as Virginia Question 1 -- overwhelmingly passed with 65.69% of the vote, winning a majority of support in every county and independent city save for “deep blue” suburban Arlington County (where it still got 45%).
When the amendment passed, many Virginia Democrats, some Republicans, and anti-gerrymandering backers had worked for almost a decade to take away the General Assembly’s authority to draw the congressional districts and give it to an outside bipartisan commission made up of both legislators and civilians. Supporters from both sides called it a bipartisan step to restore some measure of faith in the democratic process, producing fairer maps with less potential to be drawn to favor one party or the other. The intent was to take map-drawing power from politicians with a vested interest in picking their constituents and create a process governed by constitutional rules. Virginia Question 1 was no ordinary statute; it was a constitutional commitment, ratified by Virginia voters.
But after gaining full control of the statehouse in last fall’s off-year elections, Virginia Democrats are now attempting to reverse what that majority of Virginians voted for and revert back to the General Assembly drawing congressional maps behind politically partisan closed doors and doing so by advancing efforts to repeal that 2020 amendment to Virginia’s constitution.
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