Well, here’s a twist out of Left field I do not believe the Virginia Democrats saw coming. At least not as speedily as it did.
As David noted in his VIP post this morning, the just-squeaked-by win of the redistricting referendum last night was arguably the template for Democratic policies and governance going forward.
Well, those tens of millions the Democrats spent to steal those seats in Virginia worked as they hoped.
The gerrymandering referendum won…barely. The Congressional delegation of the state will represent the bureaucrats from Washington, D.C., and almost nobody else.
As I said last night, when the numbers came roaring in from the rest of a state roused in anger against the Democratic plan to disenfranchise nearly half of its voters, it all depended on Fairfax to report.
Fairfax, man.
All comes down to what they think they need. https://t.co/R1knbUtXFa
— tree hugging sister 🎃 (@WelbornBeege) April 22, 2026
And when they did?
Take a good look at your state, Virginia. The whole damn thing just voted NO yet NOVA will undo all of it to make sure you never see a map looking like this ever again pic.twitter.com/2TmT2PSm5w
— Occams Razor (@TeamZissou) April 22, 2026
A blood-red state everywhere, but it didn’t matter one lick.
That was it, only by a whisker, not the wide margin they thought their $70M (in nearly all out-of-state progressive money) would buy.
Democrats spent $70 million on this referendum.
Almost every penny came from out of state.
They broke laws.
They wrote a deceitful ballot measure.
They ran tv spots for two months, nonstop.
They brought in Obama.
They brought in Hollywood.We had grassroots.
That’s really it.… pic.twitter.com/fHR86zkUa4— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) April 22, 2026
The pushback began almost immediately. Former VA State Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli laid out the details of the case against the state Democratic legislature that they would be taking to court.
The “yes” vote has won Va’s redistricting referendum — but the legal fight is just beginning. Four Va Constitutional challenges are now teed up:
THREE challenges to the amendment process itself:
1️⃣ First passage was invalid. The amendment was taken up during a special session…— Ken Cuccinelli II (@KenCuccinelli) April 22, 2026
1️⃣ First passage was invalid. The amendment was taken up during a special session convened in 2024 for budget purposes. The General Assembly’s own call to the Governor (under Art. IV, §6 and Art. V, §5) and its governing resolution (HJR 6001) limited the session’s scope. Expanding it to include a constitutional amendment on redistricting required a two-thirds vote that never occurred. A Tazewell County judge found this action “void, ab initio.”
2️⃣ Art. XII, §1 requires that after first passage, a proposed amendment be “referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates.” An election must intervene between first and second passage. Here, first passage occurred during an election cycle — not before an intervening one.
3️⃣ Art. XII, §1 requires the amendment be submitted to voters “not sooner than ninety days after final passage by the General Assembly.” The timeline from second passage to the April 21 vote did not satisfy this requirement.
Plus ONE challenge to the proposed maps:
4️⃣ Art. II, §6 requires that “every electoral district shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory.” The proposed congressional maps violate this contiguity requirement (rather badly).
Next stop, court. Stay tuned.
Just a little bit ago, the Tazewell Circuit Court answered. The results would not be certified because the referendum was unlawful.
We are having quite the night in the courts. A Virginia judge just blocked the state from certifying the results of Tuesday’s congressional map referendum as unlawful. Judge Jack Hurley Jr., ruled that Democrats did not follow the correct procedure for a constitutional…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) April 22, 2026
The judge put a hammer down on all proceedings.
“BIG WIN: Tazewell Circuit Court just enjoined the certification of the special election!!” Williams wrote. “UPDATE: From the Tazewell Circuit Court, the Judge reaffirmed all prior rulings, declared the referendum as unconstitutional and the amendment process of HB 1384 as unconstitutional. He entered injunctive relief and specifically enjoyed the certification of the election. He denied a motion to stay pending appeal. A final order will be entered once drafted.”
Bill Melugin had more in his breaking report.
If I was a Republican in Virginia, I would be justifiably furious. They broke their own constitution on so many fronts to gerrymander their state. https://t.co/9HFpyP7YO0
— Morning Glory 🇺🇸🌼🇺🇸 (@DoryBeutel) April 22, 2026
On one item that had been a source of immense contention, the judge agreed that the way the ballot question was phrased was tremendously misleading and ‘did not accurately describe the proposed amendment.’
Oh that is soooo good it has to be fattening: pic.twitter.com/tQUaMCgiI6
— A is A (@weRessential) April 22, 2026
Well, I’d have to agree with that. The question on the ballot – the photo on the left – was a humdinger of progressive argle-bargle.
bro, you can literally get it voided on the prejudicial language alone before you get deep in the weeds in other areas pic.twitter.com/BZBSQfoJEs
— 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢 (@hot_savce) April 22, 2026
Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumes for all future redistricting after the 2030 census?
As Professor Turley points out, besides carving the state up into the most obscene and farcical ‘districts’ imaginable, Virginia Democrats have done themselves quite possibly irreparable harm when it comes to voters.
They were already torqued about the governor’s switcheroo from moderate to progressive madness, and now this, which caused them to come out in droves to vote it down?
…Democratic leaders across the state and the country are now on the record in calling for a map that this judge found to be unlawful. It is hard to be a champion of democracy when you are violating your own constitution. Finally, they spent an enormous amount of money on a vote…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) April 22, 2026
…Finally, they spent an enormous amount of money on a vote that could now be negated.
In an unusual turn of events, infamous Democratic VA Attorney General Jay ‘Snuff Dreams’ Jones is railing about ‘activist judges.’
WAAH
…Virginia AG Jay Jones is vowing to appeal the injunction, accusing the judge in the case of being an “activist” who “should not have veto power over the People’s vote.”
That shoe is nearly always on the other foot. Nice that it fits ours for once.
The entire matter will wind up at the VA State Supreme Court (SCOVA), which does have a majority of Republican appointees but never really acted like it.
But Round One is safely in the bag.
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