作者：查尔斯·克里茨 | 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年3月5日 美国东部时间下午1:26
弗吉尼亚州州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格正式支持一项由民主党主导的重新划分选区修正案，该修正案定于4月21日提交该州选民投票。
这项由参议院议长L.路易斯·卢卡斯和众议院议长小唐·斯科特牵头的努力，旨在”恢复弗吉尼亚州国会代表制的公平性”。批评者称这一说法具有误导性，他们认为卢卡斯设计的选区划分方案可能会重新划分选区，使除摩根·格里菲斯议员外的所有共和党议员都被淘汰。
“我在2020年支持了弗吉尼亚州两党制重新划分选区委员会的成立，这一支持从未改变，”斯潘伯格在周四的视频讲话中表示。
她说，变化的是共和党领导的各州试图推进自己的重新划分选区行动，包括得克萨斯州。印第安纳州共和党人否决了一项可能将包括印第安纳州众议员弗兰克·默万在内的一些民主党人划出选区的提案。
斯潘伯格声称，该修正案是”临时性的”，”直接针对其他州的行动以及唐纳德·特朗普总统据称称自己’有权获得更多国会席位’的言论作出回应”。
“它将弗吉尼亚州的公平重新划分选区程序延续到未来，”斯潘伯格在里士满表示。
周四，难以置信的共和党人纷纷指责这位民主党州长，指出自麦考利夫和杨金时代的重新划分选区举措以来，她至少在定义层面上改变了立场。
来自马纳萨斯的伊恩·洛夫乔伊以及原本属于中右翼的福奎尔县——这是在去年11月席卷斯潘伯格当选的蓝色浪潮中被淘汰的众多前共和党州议员之一——引用了她在2019年重新划分选区努力因最高法院叫停后的评论。
“这对弗吉尼亚州和全国来说都是好消息。选区操纵损害了我们的民主，削弱了构成我们选民群体的个人声音。反对选区操纵应该是两党的优先事项，”斯潘伯格当时表示，洛夫乔伊截取了她的这一言论。
“我在这一点上同意州长的看法，”洛夫乔伊在帖子附带的说明中写道。
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“并且我希望所有人都投票反对这项非法的选区操纵修正案——提前投票从周五开始。”
“谁会投票反对’公平’呢？”来自斯图尔特的代表Wren Williams（共和党）问道，他指出了该法案措辞的转变。
“这种选票措辞如此强硬且具有误导性，本质上是对弗吉尼亚州人民的欺诈，”威廉姆斯表示，”它将公然的、最大化的党派性选区操纵描绘成一种恢复行为。”
在一系列诉讼中，最具影响力的案件正在该州西部山区的塔兹韦尔县法院审理。
在该案中，法官小杰克·赫尔利宣布该修正案程序”自始至终无效”，原因是法定提前投票时间存在冲突，以及据称滥用了州特别会议条款。他还禁止塔兹韦尔县为选举做准备。
上级法院暂缓了赫尔利的一项命令，允许公投在4月21日继续进行，同时等待案件是非曲直的裁决。一位资深共和党议员告诉福克斯新闻数字版，这可能导致投票结束几天后才会有裁决。
周三，另一个事态发展出现：一起针对堕胎权修正案的新贝德福德县诉讼也可能影响重新划分选区的措施。
贝德福德县督导员查拉·班斯利周二提起诉讼，称堕胎倡议无效，因为民主党领导的州议会没有遵守1971年的通知要求，即必须在2025年选举前三个月通知所有县书记员，以便他们可以公开查阅该修正案。
弗吉尼亚州共和党人指控民主党人”孤注一掷”，因为这位支持重新划分选区的民主党人正在竞选国会席位
一位共和党消息人士告诉福克斯新闻数字版，民主党人”押上了全部赌注”在重新划分选区修正案上，并且”如果该修正案在通知要求上失败，他们的其他三项修正案也将失败”。
班斯利告诉《弗吉尼亚水星报》，她所在的县以及独立城市林奇堡和邻近的坎贝尔县从未收到过关于该特定修正案的通知。
这一消息引发了包括《弗吉尼亚范围》通讯在内的讨论，即对立法机构不利的裁决也可能危及重新划分选区修正案。
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堕胎修正案提案人、来自大瀑布城的民主党参议员詹妮弗·博伊斯科告诉《水星报》，这场诉讼是”试图压制选民的无理企图”。
斯科特和卢卡斯均未回应关于对重新划分选区修正案批评的多次询问。
查尔斯·克里茨是福克斯新闻数字版的记者。他于2013年加入福克斯新闻，担任撰稿人和制作助理。查尔斯报道福克斯新闻数字版的媒体、政治和文化。他是宾夕法尼亚州本地人，毕业于天普大学，获得广播新闻学士学位。新闻线索可发送至charles.creitz@fox.com。
Spanberger once blasted gerrymandering and now backs amendment critics say could erase Virginia GOP
By Charles Creitz | Fox News
Published March 5, 2026 1:26pm EST
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger officially endorsed a Democratic-led redistricting amendment set to go before the commonwealth’s voters on April 21.
The effort, spearheaded by Senate President L. Louise Lucas and House Speaker Don Scott Jr., is written to “restore fairness” in Virginia’s congressional representation. Critics have called that phrasing misleading, arguing the map designed by Lucas would likely would likely redraw districts in a way that removes every Republican lawmaker except Rep. Morgan Griffith.
“I supported the formation of VA’s bipartisan redistricting commission in 2020 and that support has not changed,” Spanberger said in a video address Thursday.
What has changed, she said, is Republican-led states’ efforts to pursue their own redistricting moves, including in Texas. Indiana Republicans voted down a proposal that may have redistricted out some Democrats, including Rep. Frank Mrvan of Indiana.
Spanberger claimed the amendment is “temporary” and “directly in response” to actions in other states and to President Donald Trump’s reported comment that he is “entitled” to more congressional seats.
“It preserves Virginia’s fair redistricting process into the future,” Spanberger said from Richmond.
Incredulous Republicans piled on the Democratic governor on Thursday, noting her change in tune at least on a definitional level since McAuliffe and Youngkin-era redistricting moves.
Ian Lovejoy of Manassas and otherwise center-right Fauquier County — one of the slew of now-former Republican delegates ousted in the November blue wave that swept Spanberger into office — cited her comments after a 2019 redistricting effort was halted by the Supreme Court.
“This is good news for Virginia and the country. Gerrymandering is detrimental to our democracy and it weakens the individual voices that form our electorates. Opposing gerrymandering should be a bipartisan priority,” Spanberger said at the time, in a post screenshotted by Lovejoy.
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“I agree with the Governor on this one,” Lovejoy wrote in a caption accompanying the post.
“[A]nd [I] hope everyone votes no on the illegal gerrymandering amendment — early voting starts Friday.”
“Who could possibly vote against ‘fairness’?” asked Del. Wren Williams, R-Stuart, noting the turn of phrase in the measure.
“This ballot language is so heavy-handed and misleading that it’s essentially fraud on the people of Virginia,” Williams said. “It frames a blatant, maximalist partisan gerrymander as an act of restoration.”
Amid a flurry of lawsuits, the most consequential case is moving through courts in Tazewell County in the mountainous western end of the state.
In that case, Judge Jack Hurley Jr. declared the amendment process “void ab initio” over a conflict in statutory early voting timelines and alleged abuse of the state’s special session provision. He separately barred Tazewell County from preparing for the election.
A higher court stayed one of Hurley’s orders, allowing the referendum to move forward on April 21 while the merits of the case are decided. A top Republican lawmaker told Fox News Digital that could result in a ruling issued days after votes are cast.
On Wednesday, another development emerged as a new Bedford County lawsuit against an abortion rights amendment could also affect the redistricting measure.
Bedford County Supervisor Charla Bansley filed suit Tuesday, arguing the abortion initiative is invalid because the Democrat-led state legislature did not abide by a 1971 notice requirement mandating that all county clerks be notified for public inspection of the amendment three months before the 2025 election.
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A Republican source told Fox News Digital that Democrats “bet the farm” on the redistricting amendment, and that “if it fails on the notice requirement, so do their other three amendments.”
Bansley told the Virginia Mercury that her county, along with the independent city of Lynchburg and adjacent Campbell County, never received notice of that particular amendment.
The news sparked chatter, including in the Virginia Scope newsletter, that an unfavorable ruling for the legislature could also endanger the redistricting amendment.
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Abortion amendment sponsor Sen. Jennifer Boysko, D-Great Falls, told the Mercury the lawsuit is a “frivolous attempt” to silence voters.
Neither Scott nor Lucas have responded to several prior inquiries about criticisms of the redistricting amendment.
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