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.

The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Democrat-backed redistricting plan that voters approved last month. Ten of 11 of Virginia’s congressional districts favor Democrats in the plan that passed by a 51-48 vote margin in last month’s referendum

Court blocks new map: Virginia's Supreme Court overturned a Democratic-backed redistricting amendment, citing procedural violations, leaving the current 6–5 Democratic edge intact. National redistricting wave: The ruling follows a U.S. Supreme Court ...