Former U.S. president Barack Obama has reversed his long-held opposition to partisan redistricting, urging Virginians to back a Democrat-led congressional map that could shift multiple Republican seats ahead of the midterms. The move comes amid a broader ...

Virginia voters approved a mid-decade redistricting plan Tuesday that could boost Democrats’ chances of winning four additional U.S. House seats in November’s midterm elections that will decide control of the closely divided Congress.

Backstage at a rally in the final days before Abigail Spanberger’s election to be governor of Virginia, Barack Obama approached Don Scott, the speaker of the state’s House of Delegates, and said he would also back a different political fight: Virginia ...

Former president Barack Obama has reversed his long-standing opposition to partisan redistricting, endorsing a Virginia measure that could give Democrats up to 10 additional House seats. The move, framed as a temporary response to Republican-led map ...

Trump fell short in his efforts to convince Virginia voters to reject the referendum, even as he claimed voting "no" would "save the country"

Voting ends Tuesday in Virginia, where a special ballot measure about redistricting could play a key role in determining which party wins the U.S. House this fall.