Virginia vote hands Democrats redistricting edge, triggers GOP blame game ahead of House fight

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Former Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and former state Attorney Gen. Jason Miyares speak with Fox News Digital on the eve of congressional redistricting ballot initiative election. Republicans are pointing fingers after their narrow loss in Virginia's high-stakes congressional redistricting referendum, which could give Democrats a significant boost in the battle for the House of Representatives majority in this year's midterm elections. Even though they were outraised and outspent by Democrats by a nearly two-to-one margin, Republicans came close to sinking the ballot initiative, which gives the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature — rather than the state's current nonpartisan commission — temporary redistricting power through the 2030 election. Tuesday's passage of the referendum could result in a 10-1 advantage for Democrats in Virginia's congres