Ed O’Keefe: The Va. Supreme Court Tossed Out a Redistricting Map, a Blow to Dems Hoping to Increase Their Seats in Congress

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O’KEEFE: “Tony, a referendum that saw more than $80 million spent, 3 million votes cast, and would have given Democrats up to four more House seats after November’s elections, is now nullified. But late today, Virginia Democrats said they plan to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Virginia decision comes as protests broke out in Louisiana today as legislators debated a new map that drops one of the state’s two majority black districts. And it comes a day after chaos erupted in Tennessee as Republicans voted to eliminate the state’s only Democratic House seat. Tonight in Alabama, the Republican governor there signed a bill changing that state’s map, but only if the Supreme Court grants permission. Republicans, as you said, now have the edge, Tony, in redrawn states, but ultimately, voters are going to decide who wins after November.”