Virginia is the new Illinois.
The practice of drawing partisan districts is named after Elbridge Gerry, the 19th-century Massachusetts governor. Even he might blush at the extreme gerrymander that Democrats in the commonwealth are pushing.
Virginia’s Clownish Redistricting Scheme
by Rich Lowry
None of this is worthy of a state with one of the finest political traditions in America.
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Virginia Democratic State Senator Louise Lucas on the Senate floor at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va., March 8, 2024.
Minh Connors for the Washington Post via Getty Images
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Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.
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