Virginia Democrats pursued mid-decade redistricting through a 2025-2026 constitutional amendment and referendum that voters approved in April, aiming to shift the state's 11 House districts from a 6-5 split to a 10-1 Democratic advantage. The Virginia Supreme Court blocked the effort in May on procedural grounds, ruling the General Assembly violated constitutional requirements when advancing the measure, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined further review. State officials, including the governor, confirmed the existing 2021 map would govern the November midterms, consistent with standard decennial cycles and the absence of successful legal or legislative overrides since May. This sequence of court rulings and official statements underpins trader consensus that no new map will apply, though an unprecedented late-session legislative maneuver or unexpected higher-court reversal before election certification remains a remote possibility.