Trump Slams Virginia Redistricting Vote as 'Rigged'
"A rigged election took place last night in the great Commonwealth of Virginia!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
"In addition to everything else, the language on the referendum was purposefully unintelligible and deceptive. As everyone knows, I am an extraordinarily brilliant person, and even I had no idea what the hell they were talking about in the Referendum, and neither do they! Let's see if the Courts will fix this travesty of 'Justice,'" he added.
According to media, the measure cleared the ballot with 51.5% of the vote — a narrow but decisive margin.
The result lands in the middle of an intensifying mid-decade redistricting war set in motion by Trump himself, who pressed Republican-controlled states to redraw their congressional boundaries ahead of fall midterm elections, with the explicit goal of fortifying the party's congressional majority.
Texas fired the opening salvo, becoming the first state to remap its congressional districts in a bid to secure as many as five additional Republican seats. That plan was passed by the state's Republican-dominated legislature and signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, bypassing any public referendum.
California struck back swiftly. Voters there approved new congressional maps capable of delivering up to five additional Democratic seats — a plan shepherded through the Democratic-controlled state legislature and championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom before heading to a public vote.
Meanwhile, Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio lined up behind Texas, each passing redistricting plans that collectively stand to add four more potential Republican seats to Congress.
Virginia's newly approved maps threaten to offset those gains entirely, with the potential to deliver four additional Democratic congressional seats in a state that has gradually shifted leftward after decades of leaning Republican — though it remains genuinely competitive.
The durability of Tuesday's outcome, however, is far from guaranteed. Virginia's state Supreme Court is actively weighing whether the new maps run afoul of the law. Republican-backed legal challenges remain pending before the court, which had previously upheld a lower court ruling permitting the plan to appear on the ballot in the first place.
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