Judge blocks certification of Democrats' win in Virginia redistricting referendum

A Virginia judge has stopped the state from certifying the results of Tuesday's referendum in which voters narrowly approved Democrats' new gerrymandered congressional map.

Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, a Democrat, is expected to appeal the decision.

The injunction on Wednesday against certifying the referendum results came from the Tazewell Circuit Court, which previously sided with Republican lawsuits against the referendum, only to be reversed by the Virginia Supreme Court.

Voters on Tuesday allowed Democrats to override the state Constitution and do a mid-decade redistricting that wipes out four of the state's five Republican-held congressional districts.

The Democrats' plan to gain an advantage in this year's battle for control of the U.S. House still faces several other legal challenges.