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Abigail Spanberger: “The legislature drew up the legislation for this referendum…”

Featuring: Abigail Spanberger, Democratic | Governor of Virginia

'Responsive and temporary': Virginia's governor weighs in on voters approving redistricting overhaul

Published April 22, 2026 | Video Starts at 06:02

We recognize the seriousness of what is occurring in other states, whether it's North Carolina or Texas or Missouri. We will be responsive, but we are also responsive to the people. And so The legislature drew up the legislation for this referendum that was carefully tailored. It would be temporary responsive. It explicitly preserves our bipartisan commission into the future, and then by our process, it would go to the people. (06:02–06:11)

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Asserts that Virginia's redistricting legislation was carefully tailored to be temporary and responsive.

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“Virginia created a plan that was wholly responsive to the actions of other states and temporary in nature.”
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“The maps that the legislature was proposing was before the people and people very much understood that this is temporary responsive.”
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“When this passed, it would be because individual voters and especially millions of Virginians had decided to take this step.”
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“Democrats take a majority in the House of Representatives, my hope and expectation will be that there will be serious conversations about…”
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“Virginia leads the way in going back to our redistricting commission as the amendment that we passed yesterday calls on us to do.”
'Responsive and temporary': Virginia's governor weighs in on voters approving redistricting overhaul | Uploaded April 22, 2026 | 03:41-03:49
“The General assembly crafted legislation carefully and purposefully to say we saw what happened in Texas.”
'Responsive and temporary': Virginia's governor weighs in on voters approving redistricting overhaul | Uploaded April 22, 2026 | 05:23-05:31
“It explicitly preserves our bipartisan commission into the future.”
'Responsive and temporary': Virginia's governor weighs in on voters approving redistricting overhaul | Uploaded April 22, 2026 | 06:10-06:16
“We set up this April referendum, which is an unusual time in Virginia for us to have a special election election or a referendum vote.”
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“Now we got to win the seats in November.”
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