Overview
- House Speaker Don Scott notified lawmakers to return to Richmond on Monday under an unadjourned 2024 special session, preserving a vehicle for redistricting action.
- Democratic leaders and the DCCC say the move is to preserve the option to amend the constitution for a mid‑cycle map redraw in response to GOP remaps, while Republicans and Gov. Glenn Youngkin denounce it as an unconstitutional power grab.
- Virginia’s process demands identical amendment resolutions pass both chambers in two different sessions with an intervening House election, leaving Democrats only days next week to advance an initial vote with narrow majorities.
- Campaign finance filings show the National Democratic Redistricting Committee donated $150,000 each to Abigail Spanberger’s gubernatorial bid and the House Democratic Caucus as national groups engage in the fight.
- The current maps were produced by a voter-approved redistricting commission in 2020, and while some analysts estimate a potential two to three additional Democratic seats under a new map, legal timing disputes and a likely voter referendum make outcomes uncertain.