Virginia Supreme Court adopts nonpartisan congressional maps via special masters

The Supreme Court of Virginia unanimously adopted new congressional and state legislative maps on December 28, 2021, drawn by court-appointed special masters Bernard Grofman of UC Irvine and Sean Trende of RealClearPolitics. The maps, which respected city and county boundaries and were widely described as nonpartisan, produced an 11-district congressional delegation expected to favor Democrats 6-5. The districts took effect for the 2022 elections and remained governing law through 2026.