CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 17, 2026
ALL ELECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT TO BORROW FROM GEORGE ORWELL, SOME ELECTIONS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS.
NEXT TUESDAY, REDISTRICTING ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD IN NUMEROUS STATES. VIRGINIA IS AMONG THOSE GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION. FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR ABIGAIL SPANBURGER HAVE RECORDED ADS URGING VOTERS TO GET TO THE POLLS. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON AND FORMER VIRGINIA GOVERNOR GLEN YOUNKIN ARE CAMPAIGNING FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
AT ISSUE IS WHETHER VIRGINIA WILL BE ABLE TO DRAW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR TEN DEMOCRAT SEATS IN THE HOUSE BUT ONLY ONE REPUBLICAN. IT’S THE SAME IN OTHER STATES. DEMOCRATS BLAME REPUBLICANS FOR STARTING THIS PROCESS, NOTING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP URGED TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT TO RE-DISTRICT TEXAS BEFORE A BIPARTISAN COMMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO DO IT FOLLOWING THE EVERY TEN YEAR CENSUS. BUT IT’S BEEN DONE.
SPEAKING OF THE VOTE IN VIRGINIA, GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN SAID, “THIS MONSTROSITY HAS BEEN CREATED TO OVERWHELM AND OVERCOME THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.”
HE’S RIGHT, SO IF YOUR STATE HAS AN ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY YOU HAD BETTER VOTE OR ELSE
REPUBLICANS LOSE AND YOU WILL WISH YOU HAD VOTED. I’M CAL THOMAS.
