What Redistricting Looks Like In Every State

After Virginia’s new bipartisan redistricting commission failed to agree on a new map by the deadline, congressional redistricting in Virginia fell to the state Supreme Court, which appointed two special masters to complete the task. After considering public comment on a draft map proposed on Dec. 8, the special masters unveiled a final congressional map that the court unanimously approved on Dec. 28.

The new map has the same partisan breakdown as the old one — five Democratic-leaning seats, five Republican-leaning seats and one highly competitive seat — but it appears to be more fair, with a lower efficiency gap and a median congressional district closer to the state as a whole.

The biggest change the map makes is reconfiguring Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s 7th District from a slightly Republican-leaning seat stretching out from the Richmond suburbs to a slightly Democratic-leaning seat in the exurbs of Washington, D.C. Although the 7th District no longer contains Spanberger’s current home, she has announced she will run there, and the new lines should make it easier for her to win reelection in 2022 (though it’s not guaranteed by any means).

On the flip side, the new map places Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria in more danger. Her 2nd District takes in ample new territory and moves from a FiveThirtyEight partisan lean of R+2 to R+6.