The new maps approved by the state's voters could allow Democrats to flip as many as four House seats.

The new maps approved by the state's voters could allow Democrats to flip as many as four House seats.

The new maps in Virginia could make it easier for Democrats to take control of the US House of Representatives in November.

The new maps approved by the state's voters could allow Democrats to flip as many as four House seats.

Virginia voters approved a mid-decade redistricting plan Tuesday that could boost Democrats’ chances of winning four additional U.S. House seats in November’s midterm elections.

Tens of millions in dark money poured into Virginia ahead of a redistricting referendum that could boost Democrats' chances of retaking the House.

Virginia voters have approved a redistricting measure that could hand Democrats control of the thinly-divided US House of Representatives in the midterm elections later this year. The ballot measure will redraw the state's congressional map to help Democrats flip as many as four House seats held by Republicans. The state is the latest in a national redistricting arms race that was launched after President Donald Trump urged conservative states to re-examine voting maps to help Republicans keep the party's slim congressional majority. Control of Congress will be decided in the November midterm elections and each of these newly drawn districts could decide what political party takes the House. Historically, the party of the current president would lose House seats during this congressional election. If Democrats win in the November race, it will not only serve a blow to Trump's political agenda, but it could open him up to Democratic-led congressional investigations. In the US, gerrymandering - the redrawing of…

Barack Obama urges Virginians to vote yes on a redistricting measure that could give Democrats four additional House seats ahead of the midterms.