Virginia's Redistricting Battle Could Flip House Control

0:00It's April 21st. This is U.S. News Today, U.S. News powered by AI. Virginians hit the polls Tuesday to vote on a new congressional map drawn by Democrats that could flip four Republican seats in November's midterm. Elections. Both parties dumped tens of millions into the fight with the new Lions giving Democrats an edge in 10 out of 11 districts. Right now, they hold six of those seats. This vote caps a wild national redistricting battle that kicked off last summer when President Trump pushed Texas Republicans to redraw maps targeting five Democratic incumbents. States run by both sides jumped in and it's been a close call so far on seat shifts. polls show the yes vote for the Democratic map pulling ahead by a slim margin, even as Republicans sued a block it. The states of free and court let it go. Forward anyway. Virginians turned blue lately, backing Democrats in every presidential race since 2008 and handing them the governors mentioned by. Fifteen points last fall.

1:02Democrats need just three flips nationwide to grab House control and check Trump's agenda. Campaign cash flowed heavy, mostly dark money. Democrats raised over 64 million through mid-April, way more than the GOP's 20 million. Both sides flipped the script on gerrymandering, pulling clips from Barack Obama, Republicans against the map, Obama pushing yes to stop a GOP, Congressional grab, the redistricting war is keep rolling, Florida's governor calls a special session next week and the Supreme Court could green light more Republican moves in the South soon. Virginia's outcome might tip the House skills either way.