Virginia House: Four House Races Shift To Democrats
Updated April 23, 11:51am
Virginia voters approved a new congressional map on Tuesday that will help Democrats flip as many as four GOP-held seats this fall. The referendum passed, 51.5-48.6 percent, roughly half of the margin that Kamala Harris posted against President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
Republican Reps. Rob Wittman, Jen Kiggans, John McGuire and Ben Cline saw their districts made significantly more favorable to Democrats or dismantled entirely. Republicans are still challenging the referendum in court, and a local judge enjoined the new map on Wednesday. But the ultimate authority on the matter, the state Supreme Court, has appeared hesitant to stop the new map from being used.
As a result, Inside Elections is making five ratings shifts in the Old Dominion.
1st District (Rob Wittman, R) shifts from Lean Republican to Solid Democratic.
2nd District (Jen Kiggans, R) shifts from Toss-up to Tilt Democratic.
5th District (John McGuire, R) shifts from Solid Republican to Solid Democratic.
6th District (Ben Cline, R) shifts from Solid Republican to Lean Democratic.
7th District (Eugene Vindman, D) shifts from Lean Democratic to Solid Democratic.
A full write-up of the changes to the Virginia map can be found in the April 16 issue.
Kiggans has said she will seek re-election to the 2nd District, though her path to victory is more difficult now. Cline gave a more cryptic answer, telling reporters he plans on “running in the current 6th…
