Former President Barack Obama has called on Virginia voters to pass the redistricting effort, which would give Democrats four new House seats.
Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson refused to put redistricting to a vote due to a lack of support and concerns over potential legal action.
Should the restraining order withstand appeal, the ruling would effectively end Virginia Democrats' bid to redistrict the state’s congressional maps.
The fate of Virginia’s redistricting effort is uncertain after a judge ruled last week that the redistricting process was illegitimate.
California held a special election in November, in which voters approved a redistricting measure that neutralizes the Texas congressional map.
After a judge ruled Virginia’s redistricting effort was illegal, Maryland represents the Democrats' only viable redistricting effort.
Virginia Democrats were set to unveil a new Congressional map this week that would’ve potentially put four new House seats into play.
With New York now the latest Blue state to enter the nationwide redistricting battle, Democrats could potentially net another House seat.
The map will be submitted to the Grand Assembly, where the Democratic majority are divided on pursuing a mid-decade redistricting effort.
Virginia’s redistricting effort is somewhat of a Hail Mary, considering it has to pass twice through the Grand Assembly and be put to a public vote.
California voters approved Prop 50 last November, which implements a congressional map designed to neutralize Texas’ redistricting effort.
Several Republican state legislatures began rare, mid-decade redistricting campaigns over the last year to protect the GOP’s House majority.