AP: Virginia voters narrowly pass redistricting referendum [View all]

Source: Richmond Times Dispatch

Virginia Democrats made a national statement on Tuesday with a narrow victory in a voter referendum on a constitutional amendment to allow the Democratic-controlled General Assembly to redraw congressional maps before midterm elections in November.

At 8:52 p.m., with 82% of the votes counted, voters approved the amendment with just 50.3% of the vote to give Democrats a political advantage in 10 of Virginia's 11 congressional districts in an election that will determine majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives midway through the term of President Donald Trump. Trump has pushed for early redistricting in Republican-controlled states to protect the narrow GOP majority in the House.

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