Spanberger makes appeal for new map that gives Democrats 10-1 control

Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) is encouraging Virginians to vote yes on the state’s redistricting referendum that could land Democrats a 10-1 advantage in Virginia’s U.S. House delegation.

Spanberger appears in a seven-figure, statewide ad buy released on Wednesday, telling Virginia voters that she is voting yes on the referendum to redistrict the commonwealth. The measure to allow a vote on a constitutional amendment that would give the Virginia General Assembly, led by Democrats, the authority to redraw the state’s congressional map mid-decade has been championed by Democrats in the state legislature.