Redistricting war isn't over, Democrats say as Jeffries calls a meeting this week

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 5, 2026 in Washington, DC. Joe Raedle | House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries , D-N.Y., on Monday promised a "massive Democratic redistricting counteroffensive" and said House Democrats would huddle Thursday on the ongoing partisan gerrymandering wars ahead of the 2026 midterm elections . Jeffries, in a letter to the House Democratic caucus, called the meeting after a series of blows to the party in the last two weeks on the redistricting front. On Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court struck down a referendum that would have allowed new congressional maps in the state that could have netted Democrats as many as four additional seats. A week earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a section of the Voting Rights Act , paving the way for GOP-led states across the South to redraw their congressional maps and eliminate Democrat-controlled, majority-minority districts. Democrats had been widely favored to regain the U.S. House this November, but taken together, the decisions have bolstered Republican hopes of maintaining their majority. Jeffries' letter is the latest proclamation from Democrats that they intend to fight back, either in the courts, via legislation, or by pursuing their own aggressive redistricting agenda