Image: President Donald Trump shakes hands with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts before the State of the Union address on February 4, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leah Millis-Pool/Getty Images)

Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones and Democratic leaders in the state General Assembly on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to block a ruling against a ballot measure establishing new voter-approved congressional districts that favored Democrats.

The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday delivered a blow to the Democratic battle against President Donald Trump’s gerrymandering campaign when it struck down a political map that Virginians had narrowly backed last month. The new districts could help Democrats secure up to four seats in the US House of Representatives in the November midterm elections.

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