2026 Congressional Elections

[romad1]

At least the first court that reviewed the GOP attempt to stop the Va referendum has turned them down. 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

If Arlington was annexed into DC and DC became a state, would the population be large enough to give the new DC state 2 Congresspersons instead of one?

[CMRivdogs]

6 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

If Arlington was annexed into DC and DC became a state, would the population be large enough to give the new DC state 2 Congresspersons instead of one?

Probably bring it to at least 3 total. plus Senators. It'll never happen, Virginia can't afford to lose the revenue. 

[romad1]

41 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

Probably bring it to at least 3 total. plus Senators. It'll never happen, Virginia can't afford to lose the revenue. 

And the GOP doesn't want DC to get two senators. 

[gehringer_2]

56 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

If Arlington was annexed into DC and DC became a state, would the population be large enough to give the new DC state 2 Congresspersons instead of one?

it's around 3/4 million population per rep district. (340 million/435 seats)

[mtutiger]

https://www.arlnow.com/2026/04/24/gop-bill-to-return-arlington-alexandria-to-d-c-condemned-as-unconstitutional-by-rep-beyer/

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McCormick cited the Enclave Clause in the U.S. Constitution that gives Congress authority to create a federal district to serve as the U.S. government seat.

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The Enclave Clause is subject to the consent of a particular state to cede land. Even if Congress passed the legislation, Congress and Virginia would likely have to jointly agree to add Arlington and Alexandria to D.C, as the Virginia General Assembly agreed to in the 1847 land transfer.

Such an agreement would be extremely unlikely given Virginia’s Democrat-controlled General Assembly and Democratic governor, and the economic significance of Northern Virginia for the commonwealth.

“Disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of Virginia residents by making them D.C. residents without their input — or DC’s — violates the very principles I’ve fought for my entire career: home rule and consent of the governed,” Norton said on X.

Unsurprisingly, this seems to be more of a long, extended temper tantrum rather than a serious proposal.