Republicans appear to have won the 2026 redistricting war, and the House majority math is shifting with it, according to Axios. The latest blow came when Virginia's Supreme Court invalidated the state's new congressional maps — the third redistricting setback Democrats have absorbed in rapid succession heading into the midterms.
Said one House Democrat, in a text to Axios: "F*****ck!!" House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries vowed to pursue "all options to overturn this shocking decision." The party now confronts a harder electoral map despite spending $65 million on a redistricting effort that came up empty.
The Founders gave Congress its authority from the people — district by district, state by state. When a party bets $65 million on line-drawing instead of persuasion, it has confused the machinery of the republic for the republic itself.