Four Republicans that Spanberger’s gerrymander could wipe out

Gov. Abigail Spanberger‘s (D-VA) redistricting push could wipe out multiple House Republicans and dramatically reshape Virginia’s congressional delegation, turning a narrow 6–5 Democratic edge into a 10–1 Democratic lock.

Voters will decide the measure in a special election on April 21. If approved, it would allow Democrats to bypass Virginia’s bipartisan redistricting commission and redraw its 11 congressional districts mid-decade. The new map, which has already been passed by the Democratic-run state legislature and signed by Spanberger, would lump rural conservative parts of the state with heavily liberal Northern Virginia.