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FBaggins

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6. Yes - the combination of two rulings in one week

Reply to PCIntern (Reply #5)

Fri May 8, 2026, 06:04 PM

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Represents a likely ten seat swing. Given how narrow the house has been for a few years now..: that’s a huge impact

Insurmountable? Of course not. A normal off-year result would still give us a majority. But it’s still “something that causes severe damage”

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cheer up! why VA redistricting court ruling may not be the end...(dKos) [View all] msongs Yesterday OP

I don't know what that means but... lame54 Yesterday #1

repubs keep their 4 seats. a blue wave election will flip them anyway without redistricting msongs Yesterday #2

I hope that you are right. Marie Marie Yesterday #3

Probably only one of them FBaggins Yesterday #4

Devastating? PCIntern Yesterday #5

Yes - the combination of two rulings in one week FBaggins Yesterday #6

You used the word "devastating " PCIntern Yesterday #7

And then I gave the dictionary definition showing that it applied FBaggins Yesterday #8