Virginia new map is tossed out.

4-3 ruling suggests it was not properly rolled out.

In this case, voting in the general election for the House of Delegates began on September 19, 2025, and ended on Election Day, November 4, 2025. The General Assembly voted for the first time to propose the constitutional amendment to the electorate on October 31, 2025. By that date, over 1.3 million votes had been cast in the general election, which was approximately 40% of the total vote for that election cycle. ...

For these reasons, we hold that the definition of “general election” in Article XII, Section 1 describes the combined actions of voters casting ballots and officers of election receiving those votes and closing the polls on the last day of the election. The plain and ordinary meaning of the expression matches the historical definition embraced by the courts and legal scholars. Article XII, Section 1 requires an intervening “general election” after the first legislative vote in favor of a proposed amendment and prior to the second legislative vote before the General Assembly has the constitutional authority to submit the proposal to the voters. In this case, the General Assembly passed the proposed constitutional amendment for the first time well after voters had begun casting ballots during the 2025 general election.

If it hadn't been this lawsuit, it likely would have been the next one, which challenged the language. This was destined to fail.... and now the GOP is looking at picking up seats in the redistricting battle. By some accounts with the Virginia maps not taking affect, this pushes the potential GOP gains to between 6-10 seats. However, there is still a chance that the Florida map will be shot down by the courts as they also have anti-gerrymandering laws that might come into play. Those in the legal know consider the GOP is likely going to see closer to a 5-6 seat improvement from redistricting, and the possibility of closer to 10-12 if all of their efforts pass judicial review.