Conservative Virginia’s last stand against DC suburbs in redistricting referendum

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The stakes couldn’t be higher for national Republicans in next Tuesday’s Virginia redistricting referendum, but the conservative parts of the commonwealth may have even more riding on the outcome than House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

A battle for control of Virginia has been brewing between the Washington, D.C., suburbs up north and the state’s conservative redoubts, both literally and culturally more southern, for decades.

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