2026年5月8日，美国东部时间下午3:02 / CNN
作者：莎拉·费里斯
4月22日，众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯在民主党全国委员会，当时弗吉尼亚州选民刚刚批准了该州国会选区划分方案。
汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-滚呼公司/盖蒂图片社
众议院民主党人在弗吉尼亚州遭遇重大政治挫折仅数小时后，哈基姆·杰弗里斯便表现出了 defiant 态度。
在接受CNN采访时，这位来自纽约的民主党议员预测，尽管共和党在全国范围内的选区重划斗争中已占据明显优势，但民主党仍将在11月的选举中赢得美国众议院多数席位，并将借此势头在2028年重新划分更多州的选区，以利于本党。
“弗吉尼亚州最高法院做出的前所未有的裁决，凸显了我们必须在2028年选举前全力以赴的必要性，”杰弗里斯在周五下午说道，并点名了约六个蓝领州，称这些州正面临巨大压力，需要在下一轮选举中重新划分有利于民主党人的国会选区。
“像纽约、新泽西、华盛顿州、科罗拉多州、俄勒冈州、马里兰州和伊利诺伊州这样的州，积极行动起来确保全国选区划分公平，这将极为重要，尤其是考虑到最高法院对《投票权法案》的攻击所引发的连锁反应，”杰弗里斯说道。
相关报道： 4月21日，弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿一处投票站外张贴着“在此投票”的标识，当时弗吉尼亚州选民正在进行一场特别选举，投票批准了重划该州国会选区的公投。瓦莱丽·普莱施/彭博社/盖蒂图片社
共和党人在选区重划战争中领先如何影响中期选举 5分钟阅读
周五，弗吉尼亚州最高法院否决了民主党人在4月公投中重划该州美国众议院选区的尝试，这对民主党在今年秋季中期选举前由唐纳德·特朗普总统发起的全国选区重划斗争中的努力是沉重打击。
这位众议院民主党领袖为自己在本届选举周期推动弗吉尼亚州重划选区的决定进行了辩护，此前该州领导人制定了一项激进的选区方案，原本可能让该州全国范围内仅剩下一个共和党席位。
“我们将继续全力以赴投入战斗。弗吉尼亚州的战斗还没有结束，我们才刚刚开始，”当被问及是否支持民主党在该州的重划努力时，杰弗里斯说道。
杰弗里斯需要翻转不到10个席位就能在明年成为众议院议长，他表示，在当前的选区划分方案下，民主党仍有可能在弗吉尼亚州翻转“至少两个”共和党席位。他和民主党竞选机构正瞄准共和党议员詹·基根斯占据的弗吉尼亚海滩竞争席位，以及共和党议员罗布·威特曼占据的里士满地区席位。一些民主党人认为，共和党议员约翰·麦圭尔占据的夏洛茨维尔地区的另一个席位今年也有胜算。
民主党原本有望在选民上月批准的新选区方案中获得多达四个席位。
“如果弗吉尼亚州当前的选区划分方案得以维持，我们至少能翻转两个席位。考虑到共和党政党的政策有多不受欢迎，我们也在探索其他选择，”杰弗里斯说道。
目前尚不清楚民主党是否有途径挑战法院的裁决。但杰弗里斯表示，民主党目前正在评估下一步行动：“我们正在探索所有选项，包括立法途径、州最高法院途径以及联邦法院途径。”
在过去10个月里，杰弗里斯和众议院民主党人成功说服了两个州——加利福尼亚州和弗吉尼亚州——重划选区以利于本党，以回应特朗普在红州推动的选区操纵。
与此同时，共和党人已成功在得克萨斯州、俄亥俄州、北卡罗来纳州、密苏里州、佛罗里达州和田纳西州重划了选区。共和党官员希望这些新的选区方案能让他们在11月的选举中总共获得八个席位。
但杰弗里斯预测，在当前这个——至少目前——有利于民主党的环境中，他的政党仍将获胜。
“基于MAGA共和党多数派彻底失败的现实，我们仍处于夺回众议院多数席位的极强有利位置，”他说。“过去16个保守派执政月里，我们一直在赢得选举，而唐纳德·特朗普在美国民众中的支持率已经濒临灭绝。”
Top House Democrat vows to go ‘all in’ on 2028 gerrymandering push after Virginia setback
May 8, 2026, 3:02 PM ET / CNN
By Sarah Ferris
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at the Democratic National Committee on April 22, after Virginia voters approved a redistricting plan for the state’s congressional map.
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images
Hours after House Democrats suffered a major political setback in Virginia, Hakeem Jeffries was defiant.
In an interview with CNN, the New York Democrat predicted his party would still win the US House of Representatives in November despite the GOP’s now-clear advantage in the nationwide redistricting fight — and then use its momentum to redraw more state maps in their favor in 2028.
“The unprecedented decision by the Virginia Supreme Court reinforces the need to go all in in advance of the 2028 election,” Jeffries said Friday afternoon, calling out roughly a half-dozen blue states that are under intense pressure to redraw congressional maps in favor of Democrats next cycle.
“It’s going to be incredibly important that states like New York, New Jersey, Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Maryland and Illinois are aggressive in moving forward to ensure that there’s a fair national map, particularly in light of what the Supreme Court’s attack on the Voting Rights Act has unleashed,” Jeffries said.
Related article “Vote Here” signage is posted outside a polling location in Arlington, Virginia, on April 21, during a special election in which Virginia voters approved a referendum to redistrict the state’s congressional map. Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg/Getty Images How the Republicans pulling ahead in the redistricting war affects the midterms 5 min read
On Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court voided Democrats’ attempt to redraw the state’s US House map in an April referendum, a devastating blow to the party’s efforts in the national redistricting battle launched by President Donald Trump ahead of this fall’s midterms.
The House Democratic leader defended his decision to push for a new map in Virginia this cycle, where state leaders created an aggressive map that could have left just one Republican seat statewide.
“We continue to proceed with an all-hands-on deck effort. The fight is not over in Virginia. We’re just getting started,” Jeffries said when asked if he stood by the Democrats’ push there.
Jeffries, who needs to flip less than a dozen seats to become House speaker next year, said his party could still flip “at least two” GOP seats in Virginia under the current map. He and the party’s campaign arm are eying a competitive seat in Virginia Beach, held by GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans, and a Richmond-area seat held by GOP Rep. Rob Wittman. Some Democrats believe another seat in the Charlottesville-area, held by GOP Rep. John McGuire, is also winnable this year.
Democrats had stood to gain as many as four seats in the new map, which voters approved last month.
“If the current map holds in Virginia, we will at minimum flip two seats. And we’re exploring other options given how unpopular the policies of the Republican party have been,” Jeffries said.
It’s not yet clear whether Democrats have a path to challenging the court’s decision. But Jeffries said the party is currently evaluating its next steps: “We’re exploring all options, legislative, in the state Supreme Court, and as it relates to federal court.”
In the last 10 months, Jeffries and House Democrats have successfully convinced two states – California and Virginia – to redraw their lines to favor their party in response to Trump’s gerrymandering push in red states.
Republicans, meanwhile, have successfully redrawn maps in Texas, Ohio, North Carolina, Missouri, Florida and Tennessee. Party officials hope those new maps will net them a total of eight seats in November.
But Jeffries predicted his party would still win in an environment that — right now — favors Democrats.
“We remain in an incredibly strong position to take back the House based on the reality that the MAGA Republican majority has been a complete and total failure,” he said. “We’ve been winning elections for the last 16 conservative months and Donald Trump has an extinction-level approval rating as it relates to the American people.”
发表回复