Virginia voters narrowly approved a measure to redraw congressional maps Tuesday that will give Democrats the advantage in 10 of the state’s 11 U.S. House seats.

Democrats in Fairfax County say the newly passed redistricting in Virginia is sending a strong message to President Donald Trump.

Democrats on Wednesday celebrated an election win in Virginia that could put them slightly ahead in the national redistricting competition that President Donald Trump triggered in an attempt to preserve his party's House majority in this year's midterms,

Voters in Virginia narrowly gave the thumbs up to new congressional maps that could allow Democrats to pick up four seats in the House after President Trump aggressively pushed red states to redistrict to help Republicans.

Democrats are increasingly open to extreme measures, including gerrymandering, when the stakes are high. Democrats’ success in pushing through one of the country’s most aggressively gerrymandered congressional maps on Tuesday in Virginia represented the latest example of the party’s willingness to take the gloves off as it seeks to win back control of Congress and thwart President Trump’s agenda.

Now, his redistricting push seems to have backfired on his party. via Associated Press Nine months after President Donald Trump and Republicans launched an unprecedented effort to redraw the lines of congressional districts mid-decade and tilt them in their favor,

If the Democrat-backed referendum passes with a simple majority, it could boost the party's chances of flipping control of the closely divided US House.