Virginia Republicans contend that state Democrats are conducting a blatant power grab — the same argument Democrats use in criticizing Trump’s redistricting push — and reneging on a voter-passed amendment approved a few years ago giving authority to draw congressional lines to a bipartisan commission of slate lawmakers and citizens.

After two candidates dropped out following a recent debate, longtime GOP operative Jeff Ryer has joined the race to be the next chair of the Republican Party of Virginia.

A Virginia circuit court on Tuesday struck down a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at giving lawmakers the option to redraw congressional districts mid-decade, dealing a major setback to Democratic legislative leaders who say the change is needed to respond to partisan gerrymandering in some Republican-led states and had hoped to put the measure before voters in an April referendum.

(AP) — Almost from the moment that Glenn Youngkin became Virginia's governor four years ago, the political world has wondered what's next for a Republican who seemed to keep one foot in the MAGA movement and the other in the party's traditional country ...

Virginia on Friday became the latest state to escalate the nationwide redistricting battle ahead of November’s midterm elections that will determine which party controls the US House during the final two years of President Donald Trump’s time in office.

Virginia’s Democratic state legislature Friday agreed to hold a referendum on a redistricting plan that could flip as many as four Republican seats in the midterm elections. In the latest

Immigration advocates are celebrating new Virginia Gov. Abigial Spanberger’s executive order ending the state’s cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, but Republicans say this