State Redistricting Info Virginia
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Following the 2020 census, Virginia implemented a new redistricting process through a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2020. The amendment established a bipartisan redistricting commission comprising eight lawmakers and eight citizens to draw congressional and state legislative district maps. However, the commission failed to reach consensus on congressional districts by its November 2021 deadline. As a result, the Virginia Supreme Court assumed responsibility, appointing two special masters - one nominated by each party - to draw the map. The court approved the new congressional map on December 28, 2021, and it was used for the 2022 midterm elections. In 2025, a special session was convened, and Democrats in the General Assembly advanced a constitutional amendment for mid-decade redistricting. A Republican-backed lawsuit challenging the legality of that special session was dismissed. A second lawsuit is ongoing.
The commission also deadlocked on state House and Senate maps, triggering judicial intervention in that process as well. The Virginia Supreme Court again appointed special masters to undertake the redistricting, and on December 28, 2021, it adopted new maps for both legislative chambers. These districts were used for the first time in the 2023 elections. Multiple lawsuits, including Goldman v. Brink and Thomas v. Beals, sought to compel earlier elections or to invalidate the 2021 results held under old (2010 cycle) maps, but federal courts dismissed these challenges for lack of standing.
last updated: Jan 2026
News, Meetings and Developments
Virginia Beach Court Voids Single-Member District Plan on a Technicality
U.S. District Court Dismisses 2nd Lawsuit Calling for New House Elections
VA State Supreme Court Approves New Congressional and State Legislative Maps after Commission Misses Deadline
Redistricting Headlines Oct 12 2021: Virginia Commission Implodes, Misses Map Deadline. Oregon Republicans Sue. CO and MI Adopt Maps.
VA Redistricting Commission Implodes as Three Commissioners Walk Out
Redistricting Headlines Oct 6 2021: Indiana Adopts Maps. Arizona Begins Map-Drawing and Virginia Commission is at a Stalemate
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Meetings of the 2021 Virginia Redistricting Commission
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