Virginia's 10-1 Gerrymander Loses in Court, as Tennessee Draws a 9-0 Map
WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
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🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:32.4 | From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch. |
| 0:40.6 | The Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats' 10-to-one gerrymander of the state's house seats, a victory for the |
| 0:46.2 | rule of law, as well as the GOP in the 2026 redistricting wars. In meantime, Tennessee Republicans |
| 0:53.3 | pass a new 9-0 map, splitting up a majority black Memphis |
| 0:58.1 | district, which for two decades has been held by a Democratic congressman who happens to be |
| 1:02.8 | white. |
| 1:04.0 | Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. |
| 1:07.1 | We're joined today by my colleagues on the WSHA's opinion pages, columnist Kim Strassel and Barton Swain. |
| 1:15.0 | Only two weeks ago, Virginia voters narrowly in a vote of about 52 to 48, approved a sweeping gerrymander of the state's 11 U.S. House districts, approving, shifting this purple state from a map of about six to five |
| 1:30.2 | to one that would let Democrats pick up four seats, potentially, in a 10-to-one map. |
| 1:36.2 | But the Virginia Supreme Court on Friday has now declared that vote null and void. |
| 1:42.5 | And Kim, this is a straightforward, I think, procedural ruling. The state |
| 1:46.9 | constitution says that proposed amendments have to be passed by the legislature twice with an |
| 1:52.9 | election in between, the idea there being that voters then have an opportunity to make their views |
| 1:58.4 | known and to re-elect or not the delegates, the members of the state |
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