Virginia Democrats fast-track new congressional map that could flip four GOP seats, potentially deciding House control in November elections.

The Democrats appealed to the Virginia Supreme Court, which ignored all the irregularities and lifted the injunction on Friday. This is how Virginia’s former Attorney General, Jason Miyares, described the situation in the Wall Street Journal: Defenders of the new amendment passed in January argue that the Virginia redistricting dispute is merely an extension of national political battles dating back years,

So far, Republicans have passed new maps in four states. New maps in California and Utah could flip six seats for Democrats.

A federal court has agreed to hear a lawsuit that two of Utah’s U.S. representatives have filed in hopes of blocking the state’s court-ordered congressional map from being used in the 2026 elections.

The redistricting fight sparked by Texas’ efforts to redraw its congressional map earlier this year spread like wildfire across the country by the end of 2025. A steady stream of states have redrawn their lines since Texas approved its new maps ...