Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by Virginia To Uphold New Congressional Map

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by officials from Virginia after the state’s own Supreme Court blocked a new congressional map that heavily benefited Democrats.

Democrats asked the US Supreme Court to reject the state court’s order, which came after a referendum.

The change in electoral districts was expected to hand Democrats a 10-1advantage over Republicans in the Virginia delegation in the House of Representatives. At present, the delegation is comprised of six Democrats and five Republicans.

Don Scott, speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, told the US Supreme Court in a filing that the state court’s ruling should be blocked because that court was “deeply mistaken on two critical issues of federal law with profound practical importance to the Nation.”

“The decision below violates federal law in two separate ways. First, it predicated its interpretation of the Virginia Constitution on a grave misreading of federal law, which expressly fixes a single day for the ‘election’ of Representatives and Delegates to Congress,” Scott wrote.

The new districting map was tossed by the Virginia Supreme Court on 8 May, ruling that Democrat lawmakers had not followed the correct procedure when they scheduled the referendum on the proposal.

Democrats wanted the changes to take place before this year’s midterms, in November.

🚨 NOW: It's been revealed that Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's team PANICKED when Democrats drew the now-struck down 10D-1R Congressional map

"Internally, there is now a LOT of ANGRY SNIPING within Democratic circles in Virginia."

"Don't do this, we don't think it's legal!"… pic.twitter.com/dHFFGGx5fE

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 10, 2026

Under normal circumstances, congressional maps are redrawn every ten years, after the US census.

The Epoch Times notes, “Last year, the redistricting battle started when Texas, with President Donald Trump’s backing, launched its redistricting effort to protect the Republican Party’s narrow majority in the U.S. House. Other state legislatures, including Republican-controlled Florida and Democratic-dominated California and Virginia. State lawmakers in several other states are currently in the process of redrawing their congressional maps.

“Those redrawing efforts accelerated after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 on April 29 that race may not be the predominant, overriding reason for how congressional district lines are drawn.”

Virginia’s new governor, Abigail Spanberger, criticized the US Supreme Court’s decision, claiming that it nullified “the votes of more than three million Virginians.”

“As Governor, I will make sure voters know when and how to cast their votes this year. Because our votes are how we choose the representation we deserve,” she said.

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.

These Virginians made their voices heard — casting their ballots in good faith to push back against a…

— Governor Abigail Spanberger (@GovernorVA) May 16, 2026

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