Virginia Democrats are attempting to create a new congressional map in 2026 that could help them win four new seats. Amid efforts in other states to make maps more favorable to Democrats or ...

Members of Goochland County and surrounding areas meet to learn about the environmental impacts of data centers. (Photo by Shannon Heckt/Virginia Mercury) Goochland County, home to just over 28,000 ...

Abigail Spanberger will become Virginia’s first female governor after defeating Republican rival Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears on Tuesday by the largest margin of any Democratic candidate in ...

Abigail Spanberger defeated Republican candidate Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to become the first female governor-elect in the commonwealth’s history. The map below shows Spanberger's winning counties ...

Virginia Democratic lawmakers on Friday took the first big step in a complicated maneuver to redraw the state's congressional map before next year's midterm elections. The Virginia state Senate on ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Virginia Senate has passed a new proposed constitutional amendment, paving the way for Virginia to enter the fray of congressional map redistricting before the 2026 midterm ...

Republicans in Texas, North Carolina and Missouri have passed new maps while Democrats in California, Illinois and Virginia are pursuing similar efforts in response. By Campbell Robertson Reporting ...

Virginia Democrats who once championed redistricting reform are now drafting a constitutional amendment to let them redraw the state’s U.S. House district maps, a reversal critics say undermines their ...

The U.S. Capitol. Photo by Dwayne Yancey. Virginia Democrats could gerrymander the state’s congressional lines enough that they could pick up at least three extra seats and possibly four seats in next ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia state lawmakers will return to Richmond Monday, joining a growing nationwide battle over the redrawing of Congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms. It began earlier this ...

It will be the latest to take up mid-decade redistricting before the midterms. Virginia will be the latest state to enter the redistricting battles, as Democrats announced plans Thursday to convene in ...