Virginia clears path for Dem majority
The Daily Punch
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🗓️ 22 April 2026
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| 0:35.2 | Morning, I'm Anna Palmer. |
| 0:36.5 | And I'm Jake Sherman. |
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| 0:39.9 | It's Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026. |
| 0:43.0 | Let's get into the mix. |
| 0:43.8 | Here are your Washington headlines of the day. |
| 0:45.8 | Number one, what Democrats' big victory in the redistricting wars means for November. |
| 0:50.6 | Number two, Senate Dems look to make it painful on affordability. |
| 1:15.2 | And number three, the latest from the vault, Jake. No off-ramp in sight for Warsh. All right, let's get to it. We are leading off Punchball News a.m. following the big results for Democrats in Virginia, winning their efforts there on the redistricting wars and just the overall impact that that has for 2026 and the midterm election. |
| 1:18.6 | The lead here this morning after their victory in Virginia on Tuesday night, the House |
| 1:22.8 | majority is there for Democrats to take. |
| 1:26.8 | Democrats eliminated four GOP held House seats in Virginia by convincing |
| 1:30.8 | voters there to undo a redistricting commission put in place just six years ago. That means that |
| 1:36.4 | Old Dominion's House delegation next year will likely be 10 Democrats to just one Republican. Wow, |
| 1:42.2 | that is stunning, Jake. You know, I have a lot of thoughts here. No surprise to you. And you'll see I'm in a different |
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