2026年2月13日 美国东部时间下午7:35 / 路透社
作者：约瑟夫·阿克
2月13日（路透社）——弗吉尼亚州最高法院周五表示，将允许一项由民主党支持的选区重划计划进入4月的选民公投，这可能为该党今年秋季在国会众议院将多达四个共和党席位转为民主党所有铺平道路。
上月，一名州法官阻止了民主党的选区重划努力，裁定立法者推进该计划的程序不合法。在周五同意受理民主党对该裁决的上诉时，最高法院还表示，在此期间4月21日的特别选举可以如期进行。
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尽管法院未来仍可能裁定该选区重划计划无效，但允许公投进行的决定对民主党而言是一场胜利。民主党提出了一份新的众议院选区地图，该地图将使他们在该州11个选区中的10个选区获得优势。目前，民主党控制着6个席位。
弗吉尼亚州的这场斗争是去年夏天爆发的全国性选区重划大战的一部分。当时，唐纳德·特朗普总统成功敦促其德克萨斯州的共和党同僚批准一项针对五个民主党席位的新地图。
此后，民主党和共和党控制的州都推出了新的选区地图，但目前两党均未出现明显的赢家。美国每十年一次的人口普查完成后，通常才会进行选区重划。
民主党只需在11月的中期选举中拿下三个共和党-held席位，就能赢得众议院多数席位。
弗吉尼亚州宪法赋予一个独立委员会划定国会选区的权力，这迫使民主党立法者必须经过多步骤流程，包括批准宪法修正案并寻求选民批准，才能实施新的选区地图。
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Virginia high court clears way for congressional redistricting vote, boosting Democrats
February 13, 2026 7:35 PM UTC / Reuters
By Joseph Ax
Feb 13 (Reuters) – The Virginia Supreme Court said on Friday it would allow a Democratic-backed redistricting effort to head to a voter referendum in April, potentially paving the way for the party to flip as many as four Republican seats in the U.S. House of Representatives this fall.
A state judge last month blocked the Democrats’ redistricting effort, ruling that lawmakers had used an invalid process to advance it. In agreeing to hear Democrats’ appeal of that ruling on Friday, the high court also said an April 21 special election could move ahead in the meantime.
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While the court could still rule against the redistricting plan in the future, the decision to let the referendum proceed was a victory for Democrats, who have proposed a new House map that would give them the advantage in 10 of the state’s 11 districts. Currently, Democrats control six seats.
The battle in Virginia is part of a broader nationwide redistricting war that was triggered last summer, when President Donald Trump successfully urged his fellow Republicans in Texas to approve a new map targeting five Democratic seats.
Since then, both Democratic and Republican states have advanced new maps, with neither party emerging as a clear winner just yet. Redistricting typically occurs only at the start of each decade after the U.S. Census is completed.
Democrats have to flip only three Republican-held seats in November’s midterm elections to win a House majority.
Virginia’s constitution gives an independent commission the authority to draw congressional lines, forcing Democratic lawmakers to undertake a multi-step process to approve a constitutional amendment and seek voter approval before they can install a new map.
Reporting by Joseph Ax; editing by Diane Craft
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