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Democrats won the redistricting fight in Virginia. Was Trump’s gerrymandering war all for nothing?
The Democratic counteroffensive to GOP efforts to redraw maps sets the stage for Republicans to lose in the midterms
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Months into his second term, Donald Trump wagered that he could beat the historic trend of the party in power losing seats in midterm elections if Republican-led states redrew congressional maps to sweep Democrats out of office.
The gamble is looking to be a bust, or at best a draw, for the president, after Democrats fought back with their own redistricting efforts, the latest of which came to fruition in Virginia on Tuesday, when voters approved a plan that could remove all but one of the five Republicans in its current House of Representatives delegation.
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Chris Stein · Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 10:50 AM
California | The Guardian
The Democratic counteroffensive to GOP efforts to redraw maps sets the stage for Republicans to lose in the midterms
Months into his second term, Donald Trump wagered that he could beat the historic trend of the party in power losing seats in midterm elections if Republican-led states redrew congressional maps to sweep Democrats out of office.
The gamble is looking to be a bust, or at best a draw, for the president, after Democrats fought back with their own redistricting efforts, the latest of which came to fruition in Virginia on Tuesday, when voters approved a plan that could remove all but one of the five Republicans in its current House of Representatives delegation.
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