Virginia's push to redraw congressional maps is the latest chapter of a tussle among states to gain advantage for their majority party.

The move, which comes less than two weeks before the Nov. 4 elections, makes Virginia the second state where Democrats have jumped into the national redistricting battle.

Democrats in Virginia’s legislature are expected on Monday to launch a complex redistricting push to counter Republican-led efforts around the country, according to two Democratic lawmakers familiar with the still-private plans.

Virginia Democrats are taking steps to redraw their state’s U.S. House districts, hoping to boost their party’s chances in next year’s midterm elections and counter President Donald Trump’s push.

Democratic leaders convened a special session of the Virginia legislature on Monday to consider redrawing congressional electoral maps in their party's favor, while Indiana's Republican governor summoned lawmakers to weigh a similar plan next week at the behest of President Donald Trump.

Dozens of supporters came out to hear Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger at the Pennington Gap Community Center. It was one of several stops in

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is ramping up its spending in the upcoming off-year elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania as polls tighten ahead of Election Day next month.

While Virginia and New Jersey have drawn the focus of both parties this year as politically purple states with gubernatorial elections, the DNC announced earlier this year that it will continue to boost all state chapters of the party to support candidates up and down ballots from local to state to national.