Virginia's Redistricting Ballot: A Close Call

0:00On April 20th, Virginia's special election on redistricting is heating up, with Republican early turnout topping the pace from the 2025, gubernatorial race, more than 1,370,000 voters cast ballots from March 6th through April 18th and 42% of them were Republicans. That beats the 41% GOP share in the 2025 race, where 1,420,000 voted early before Democrat. Abigail Spanburgers, when the highest non-presidential turnout in state history, the ballot measure would redraw Virginia's 11 congressional districts, shifting from the current 6 Democrats and 5 Republicans to mostly blue. Territory 10 districts that backed Kamala Harris in 2024, and just won for Donald Trump. Poles give the yes vote a slight edge with bigger cash flow, but the no side has momentum since early voting looks less democratic than last November. As the April 21st vote wraps up, this could lock in democratic gains for the fall, or spark

1:01a GOP pushback in a tight house fight. This has been U.S. News Today, powered by AI.