RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia Democrats are taking steps to redraw their state’s U.S. House districts, hoping to boost their party’s chances in next year’s midterm elections and counter President Donald Trump’s push for more partisan districts in Republican-run states.

Virginia Democrats are poised to enter the nationwide redistricting battle, according to three Democrats familiar with the plans, taking on an effort to redraw the state’s congressional lines just days before closely watched elections in the state.

Republicans in Texas, Missouri and North Carolina have already moved to create additional seats for their party, and voters in California are widely expected to approve a new congressional map to add Democratic seats in that state early next month. But Virginia has been a little-discussed as an option for where Democrats could add seats.

Trump and Republicans unleashed the unprecedented mid-decade map-making war in hopes of gaining an edge in the 2026 midterms.

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