A Virginia judge has ruled that a proposed constitutional amendment letting Democrats redraw the state’s Congressional maps was illegal. The decision deals a setback to the party’s efforts to pick up seats in the U.S. House in November. Tazewell Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley Jr. struck down the legislature’s actions on three grounds, including finding that lawmakers failed to follow their own rules for adding the redistricting amendment to a special session. Virginia House Speaker Don Scott said Democrats would appeal the ruling. Meanwhile in Maryland, Gov. Wes Moore testified for a new map that could enable Democrats to defeat the state’s only House Republican.
