Virginia’s Spanberger fumes after Supreme Court declines to reinstate new map

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) on Friday blasted the Supreme Court for declining to reinstate Virginia’s new congressional map approved by voters after the state’s high court struck down the measure.

“The Supreme Court of the United States has now joined the Supreme Court of Virginia in choosing to nullify an election and the votes of more than three million Virginians,” Spanberger fumed on the social platform X. “These Virginians made their voices heard — casting their ballots in good faith to push back against a President who said he’s ‘entitled’ to more seats in Congress before voters go to the polls.”

The justices declined to block a split decision from Virginia’s top court that Democrats did not follow the proper procedures by sending the redistricting proposal to voters. Virginia Democrats filed an emergency appeal on Monday, insisting that their state’s Supreme Court committed “judicial defiance” by blocking the map last week.

No dissents were noted in the justices’ decision.

The 4-3 ruling by Virginia’s Supreme Court eliminated four House pickup opportunities in the Old Dominion for Democrats in the midterm elections. This gives Republicans a shot at netting between six........

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