Democratic Virginia Senator L. Louise Lucas, her caucus colleagues Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner on redistricting in the commonwealth, declared Saturday that she didn’t need advice from “a chair backed into the corner.”
As the 2026 midterm elections approach, redistricting plans have emerged in both Republican- and Democratic-led state legislatures as a strategy for achieving a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Virginia Senate Democrats on Friday approved a state constitutional amendment that would allow the General Assembly to redraw the state’s congressional districts midway through the decade. Promoting the win online, Lucas first to publish Photo of a McDonald’s employee asking, “Do you want fries with that?” On the news of the approved amendment. (RELATED: Why MAGA Is Suddenly Obsessed With Maps)
In a second post, Lucas called out both Warner and Kaine, telling them how they should “focus on fascism” in the White House and leave the redistricting process to local government.
“I have great respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner, but we don’t need to ‘coach’ redistricting from a chair in the corner. How about you all keep focusing on fascism in the White House and let’s deal with redistricting in Virginia. 10-1,” Lucas said. to publish.
The Virginia Senate votes 21-18 along party lines to move forward with a mid-decade redistricting amendment just three days into the 2026 session, Virginia Mercury I mentioned. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell said the move came reluctantly as a reaction to changes in the partisan map unfolding in other states, according to the outlet. With Virginia now ahead, Democratic lawmakers aim to draw new maps that could result in a ten-to-one Republican split in the state’s 11-member U.S. House delegation, which is currently six to five in favor of Democrats.
Before you vote, Ken back On “Punchbowl News,” he said that although he strongly supports his state party in opposing Trump, he expressed “flip-flop” toward the aggressive plan.
Keane stated that some may not like the idea of a ten-to-one plan due to the potential risk of losing some seats and the possibility of losing a referendum due to the need to show maps to voters. Instead, the senator suggested the maps might work better with nine Democrats to two Republicans.
L. Louise Lucas (center), a Democrat and longtime member of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, listens to the proceedings. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Discussions about redistricting in Virginia intensified in 2025 after Texas Republicans announced plans for new congressional maps that could add five GOP seats before the 2026 midterm elections. Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom quickly followed with Proposition 50, which was later approved by voters, redrawing the state’s congressional maps and possibly dropping the state’s GOP congressional delegation from nine to at least four.
In response to the Democratic lead, Vice President J.D. Vance blasted Indiana Republican Sen. Roderick Bray on the
“I would like to thank @bray_rodric For not even trying to respond to Democrats’ extraordinary abuse of power. Now Republican votes in Indiana matter far less than Democratic votes in Virginia. “We told you this was going to happen, and you did nothing,” Vance said books.
Before the General Assembly can draw maps and put the new proposal on the ballot, it must be approved by Virginia’s newly inaugurated Democratic governor, Abigail Spanberger, according to the Virginia Mercury.
The offices of Warner and Caine did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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