{"id":2577751,"date":"2026-03-09T13:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/va-redistricting-effort-buoyed-by-flood-of-out-of-state-dark-money\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:10:11","slug":"va-redistricting-effort-buoyed-by-flood-of-out-of-state-dark-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/va-redistricting-effort-buoyed-by-flood-of-out-of-state-dark-money\/","title":{"rendered":"VA redistricting effort buoyed by flood of out-of-state dark money"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fva-redistricting-effort-buoyed-by-flood-of-out-of-state-dark-money%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2577751&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Washington examiner report describes how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/__trashed-517\/\" title=\"BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: AG Garland\u2019s Wife Connected to Voting Machine Vendor ES&amp;S\">liberal dark-money groups<\/a> are backing virginia Democrats\u2019 plan to redraw the state\u2019s congressional maps through a ballot initiative, significantly outspending their opponents. The effort, led by Virginians for Fair elections, has drawn more than $21.3 million in untraceable, out-of-state funds in a short period, according to campaign finance records.<\/p>\n<p>Several national 501(c)(4) organizations are listed as major backers, including the League of Conservation voters, the Global Impact Social Welfare Fund, American Opportunity action, the Fairness project, and house Majority Forward. The donors are largely anonymous, though public tax records connect some contributions to the Open Society Policy center (soros family) and to the arabella Advisors and Tides networks, wich are known dark-money networks.<\/p>\n<p>The groups behind the push include Virginians for Fair Elections, which has dominated airwave advertising in support of new maps, and Virginians for Fair Maps, which has trailed in fundraising but has seen recent large donations. gov. abigail Spanberger (D-VA) has endorsed the amendment, arguing that partisan redistricting is warranted in response to national moves, even though she previously criticized dark money. The article notes concerns about transparency, highlighting that much of the funding remains hidden from the public.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Liberal dark money boosts Democrats&rsquo; Virginia redistricting effort, massively outraising opponents<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2479991\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Liberal dark money has significantly boosted the effort by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"96\">Virginia<\/a> Democrats to redraw their state&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/redistricting\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"241\">congressional maps<\/a> using a ballot initiative this spring.<\/p>\n<p>Virginians for Fair Elections, a committee seeking to give the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"288\">Democratic Party<\/a> a national advantage by implementing a harsh Democratic gerrymander in the Old Dominion, received over $21.3 million in untraceable out-of-state funds in less than a month, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/cfreports.elections.virginia.gov\/Committee\/Index\/a5d5d000-0875-419d-b056-4245a6cca40f\">campaign finance records<\/a> show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4484074\/fairfax-county-sanctuary-policies-illegal-immigrant-murdering-innocent-woman\/\">How Fairfax County&rsquo;s sanctuary policies led to an illegal immigrant murdering an innocent woman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4483613\/minnesota-taxpayers-on-the-hook-for-race-based-teacher-recruitment\/\">Minnesota taxpayers on the hook for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >race-based teacher recruitment&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4478925\/deputy-director-ice-bought-thousands-marked-vehicles-cannot-use\/\">Noem&#8217;s deputy director of ICE bought thousands of vehicles that officers can&#8217;t use<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Among the organizations that have cut large checks in support of the redistricting effort are the League of Conservation Voters, the Global Impact Social Welfare Fund, American Opportunity Action, the Fairness Project, and House Majority Forward &mdash; an advocacy group linked to House Democratic leadership. The five groups are registered as 501(c)(4)s in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"260\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, meaning they can spend considerable funds on elections across the country, all while keeping their donors secret from the public.<\/p>\n<p>Virginians for Fair Maps, the committee formed to oppose the redistricting effort, has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/cfreports.elections.virginia.gov\/Committee\/Index\/3c07843c-ba10-4883-ac04-e5a5ef8e11bb\">lagged far behind<\/a> Virginians for Fair Elections financially, although large-dollar donations have rolled in at a considerably faster pace in recent days. Between March 2 and March 6, the committee reported bringing in roughly $2.8 million &mdash; virtually all of which came from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dark-money-dems-use-fake-newspaper-to-influence-virginia-election\/\" title=\"Dark Money Dems Use Fake Newspaper To Influence ... Election\">dark money sources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Neither the GOP-aligned Virginians for Fair Maps nor the Democrat-aligned Virginians for Fair Elections has reported their small-dollar donations, making the full financial picture of the referendum unclear.<\/p>\n<p>While the individuals funding the 501(c)(4)s behind the push for new maps in Virginia are largely unknown, public tax records can be used to track down some of the original donors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Fairness Project, for instance, received $750,000 from the Soros family&rsquo;s Open Society Policy Center between <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/522028955\/202223199349317682\/IRS990ScheduleI\">2021<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/522028955\/202433199349319003\/IRS990ScheduleI\">2023<\/a>, according to nonprofit tax returns. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/full_text_search?form%5B%5D=IRS990ScheduleI&amp;page=2&amp;q=%22House+Majority+Forward%22&amp;sort=best&amp;submit=Apply\">House Majority Forward<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/full_text_search?form%5B%5D=IRS990ScheduleI&amp;form%5B%5D=IRS990PF&amp;page=2&amp;q=%22The+Fairness+Project%22&amp;sort=name&amp;submit=Apply\">Fairness Project<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/full_text_search?sort=best&amp;form%5B%5D=IRS990ScheduleI&amp;q=%22Global+Impact+Social+Welfare+Fund%22&amp;submit=Apply\">Global Impact Social Welfare Fund<\/a> all received funding from the now-restructured Arabella Advisors network and the Tides network, two of the Left&rsquo;s premier dark money outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Virginians for Fair Elections has used its financial edge to saturate the state&rsquo;s airwaves with ads backing new maps. The ads, which have millions of dollars behind them, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bluevirginia.us\/2026\/02\/video-of-new-ad-its-happening-gop-politicians-redrawing-maps-to-rig-the-midterm-elections\/\">highlight <\/a>Republican efforts to redraw maps elsewhere in the country and cast Virginia&rsquo;s redraw as a temporary response to what they characterize as a GOP attempt to stack the deck in Republicans&rsquo; favor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) speaks after being sworn into office at the Virginia State Capitol Jan. 17, 2026, in Richmond, Virginia. (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Newly elected Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abigail-spanberger\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11780\">Abigail Spanberger<\/a> (D-VA) has emerged as a champion of the partisan redistricting effort.<\/p>\n<p>Spanberger <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/news\/gov-spanberger-backs-virginia-redistricting-amendment-ahead-early-voting\">said <\/a>in a statement endorsing the referendum that although she supported the state&rsquo;s bipartisan redistricting process in the past, she now supports a partisan redraw because Republicans in other states, such as Texas, have drawn themselves more favorable districts while President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> pushes for more. &ldquo;Virginians have the opportunity to take action in response to this extraordinary moment in history,&rdquo; Spanberger said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s why, as a Virginia voter, I&rsquo;m voting in favor of this amendment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3882760\/louise-lucas-questionabcampaign-funds-family-business-daughters-campaign-steaks\/\"><strong>VIRGINIA REDISTRICTING PUSH LEADER USED CAMPAIGN FUNDS ON FAMILY BUSINESS, DAUGHTER&rsquo;S CAMPAIGN, STEAKS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spanberger was a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vpm.org\/news\/2022-09-14\/politifact-va-spanberger-doesnt-take-money-from-corporate-pacs-but-corporate\">sharp critic<\/a> of dark money during her time in Congress, but has so far been silent on the deluge of anonymous political contributions flooding Virginia under her watch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If dollars are flowing into a campaign, people should know where it&rsquo;s coming from,&rdquo; Spanberger <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190626181527\/https:\/\/spanberger.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=266\">said <\/a>in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberal dark money funds Dems&#8217; VA redistricting push<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":2577752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2256776051.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51516,16985,38033],"class_list":["post-2577751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dark-money-2","tag-redistricting","tag-virginia-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2256776051.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577751"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577755,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577751\/revisions\/2577755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2577752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2577751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2577751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}