Democrats in Virginia and Maryland are trying to defeat nearly every Republican representative in their states and give their party a huge 18-1 advantage in the House delegations.
Virginia Democratic legislators’ new congressional map could help elect Democrats in as many as 10 of the state’s 11 districts in a state Kamala Harris won by 6 percentage points over President Donald Trump, though the proposal still faces hurdles to enactment.
Democrats said an aggressive partisan gerrymander was needed to counteract mid-decade redistricting initiated in Texas and other Republican states with Trump’s support.
“We said 10-1, and we meant it,” Virginia ...