The Virginia Supreme Court rejected the Democrats’ redistricting plan
The Virginia Supreme Court struck down Democrats’ redistricting plan, overturning new congressional maps and dashing their midterm election hopes. Former President Donald Trump and former Governor Glenn Youngkin hailed the decision as a major victory. Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries expressed their dismay, vowing to explore ways to challenge the court’s decision.
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Democrats erupted in fury on Friday after the Virginia Supreme Court struck down a map that sidelined the center party’s plan for the midterm elections, with at least one prominent voice on the left calling a violent revolution “inevitable.”
In a 4-3 decision, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the voter-approved map, which would give Democrats a 10-1 advantage in US House races, violated the state constitution because of procedural errors in the map’s role. Virginia voters will vote in the 2026 midterms using the same district maps from the 2022 and 2024 elections, which Democrats currently hold 6-5.
But Democratic lawyers and commentators alike denounced the Supreme Court’s decision as an act contrary to the will of the people. Hasan Piker, a popular left-wing broadcaster who supports antisemitic speech and congressional campaigns, accused the Virginia Supreme Court of denying the results of the state’s redistricting referendum.
“Scotus repealed the voting rights act and Tennessee became the last state to destroy the power of black voters in the state,” Piker wrote in X. “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution impossible.”
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Michigan Democratic Senate candidates are divided over controversial internet host Hasan Piker and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., and Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Mich., criticized candidate Abdul El-Sayed for campaigning with her. (Nushad Thekkayil/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., suggested that Democrats deservedly won their redrawn and squared map by holding statewide elections.
“Unlike Republican-led districts that redraw their maps through private conventions, the Virginia General Assembly allows the people to decide for themselves in free and fair elections,” Kaine said in a statement. “If the Virginia Supreme Court had legitimate concerns about this referendum, the time to stop it would be before three million Virginians vote.
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Signs encourage early voters to vote yes or no in Virginia’s redistricting referendum at the Ellen M. Bozman Government Center in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Early voting continues across the state for Virginia’s redistricting referendum. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“But the Court allowed the process to move forward, and Virginians sent a message loud and clear: we see President Trump taking power from states across the country, and we will not stand for it,” Kaine continued.
Kaine also echoed Piker’s view that the decision “dismantles” the Voting Rights Act.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said they are “looking at every option” to fight the Virginia high court’s decision.
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“The decision to cancel the entire election is an unprecedented and undemocratic act that we cannot support,” Jeffries said in a statement.
“MAGA Republicans used voter suppression as a strategy, as evidenced by right-wing extremists on the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act to open the door to a Jim Crow-like attack on black representatives throughout the American South,” Jeffries continued.
Meanwhile, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Don Scott took a more rational approach, saying he respects the high court’s decision.
“We respect the court. But we will continue to fight for a democracy where voters – not politicians – have the final say. Because in Virginia, power still belongs to the people.”
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks to reporters as he enters the Senate chamber in Washington, DC, on Dec. 11, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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As Democrats described the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision as a violation of the Voting Rights Act, Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters, who led the charge on the maps, said Virginia’s decision was not based on politics but “on the rule of law.”
“Democrats have just learned that if you try to rig an election, you lose,” said Chairman Gruters. “The RNC led the lawsuit against this power grab, where Virginia Democrats poured more than $66 million into an effort to shut down control and silence voters. We took them to court, and we won.”
