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.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia voters will decide whether to back a redrawn district map that favors Democrats in the tit-for-tat battle for the U.S. House after the left-leaning Senate advanced a proposed constitutional amendment on Friday that supports mid-decade congressional redistricting.

Virginia voters are set to decide on a new House map that could help Democrats pick up as many as four seats in the midterm elections.

(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 ...

The redistricting resolution sparked raucous debate among lawmakers on the merits of gerrymandering a battleground state known to have independent voters.

Senior members of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration helped Republican state Sen. Richard Stuart clear a major regulatory hurdle for a planned solar farm on his King George County property last year.