#new $64 Million in Soros dark money was poured into passing Virginia’s redistricting referendum, which critics say is a Democrat power grab to rig congressional maps and strip republican representation ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Virginia went from having one of the most fair congressional maps (6-5) in their nearly 50-50 political split in the state, to one of the most unfair maps at 10 to 1.
This gives Democrats 90% representation.
State campaign finance records show the YES side committee raised exactly $64,128,440.87 between December 10, 2025, and April 10
$64 million poured into the pro-referendum group Virginians for Fair Elections, with a clear trail leading back to billionaire liberal donor Soros and his network of nonprofits.
The finance records show the money came in layers.
$5 million came from the Fund for Policy Reform Inc., a group founded and funded by Soros as part of his Open Society Foundations network.
On top of that, another $12 million to $13 million came from The Fairness Project, a group that has taken major funding over the years from organizations like the Tides Foundation, Sixteen Thirty Fund, and Hopewell Fund – all of which have received tens of millions from Soros-linked sources in the past.
Conservatives tracking the cash say this layered setup is exactly how dark money works, Soros money moves through pass-through nonprofits that do not have to name their donors, making it hard to follow every dollar but easy to see the pattern.
The single biggest chunk, about $38 million from House Majority Forward, came from the dark-money arm tied to House Democrats and Hakeem Jeffries – which is in the same national left-wing donor ecosystem that Soros funds.**
Details from Virginia official records:
House Majority Forward (the dark-money arm tied to national House Democrats, Hakeem Jeffries) gave more than $38 million.
The Fairness Project (an NGO funded by left-wing pass-throughs like the Sixteen Thirty Fund, Hopewell Fund, and Tides Foundation all bankrolled by Soros at one point) gave $12-$13 million.
Fund for Policy Reform Inc. (founded and funded directly by George Soros) gave $5 million.
American Opportunity Action (described by dark-money watchdogs as a “pure pass-through entity”) gave $3.5 million.
Service Employees International Union gave $500,000.
Democratic Party of Virginia gave about $710,000 in in-kind support.
Other big checks came from groups like the League of Conservation Voters, MoveOn.org, and out-of-state Democratic congressional leadership PACs.
