A Virginia circuit court on Tuesday struck down a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at giving lawmakers the option to redraw congressional districts mid-decade, dealing a major setback to Democratic legislative leaders who say the change is needed to respond to partisan gerrymandering in some Republican-led states and had hoped to put the measure before voters in an April referendum.

Virginia voters will vote on a proposed congressional redistricting in the commonwealth after the state Senate passed a redistricting amendment.

The Justice Department has taken Virginia to federal court, asking a judge to order state election officials to turn over the full statewide voter registration database. For months, the sides have gone after back-and-forth about the records.

Democratic leaders vowed to appeal the lower court ruling, which found that the legislative process behind the redistricting push was improper.

The Democrat-controlled Virginia General Assembly has approved a constitutional amendment that would enshrine the right to abortion into the state constitution, which Catholic bishops say will "enshrine virtually unlimited abortion at any stage of pregnancy,

Check out live results of a special election in Fairfax County, Virginia, Tuesday to fill an open seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates for District 17.

Virginia’s Democratic-led General Assembly is advancing a constitutional amendment to allow redistricting ahead of the midterm elections