The Virginia Supreme Court will allow a special election on redistricting to move forward while a legal challenge to the process continues.
Both candidates in the Democratic primary claim to be the progressive leader the state needs to stand up to Donald Trump.
First Lady Melania Trump is joining the president on Friday's trip, and they plan to meet with military families.
Meanwhile, the leader of a 2020 push for bipartisan redistricting helps found a new group that hopes to defeat the referendum to allow partisan mapmaking.