The next front in the nation’s pitched battle over mid-decade congressional redistricting is opening in Virginia, where Democrats are planning the first step toward redrawing congressional maps, a move that could give their party two or three more seats.

The General Assembly will convene at 4 p.m. Monday in Richmond, according to a letter House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, sent Thursday to members of the House of Delegates. The letter did not specifically address whether the legislature would take up redistricting but said the House would meet to “consider matters properly before the ongoing 2024 Special Session I and any related business.” Because the legislature did not officially gavel out sine die after the 2024 special session, that session can be reconvened outside of the normal

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