Virginia Democrats is projected to maintain control of the House of Delegates following Election Day — likely paving the way for them to move forward with redrawing the state's congressional maps.

Measures on abortion rights, marriage equality, redistricting and more hung on the balance as voters decided on control of the state’s lower chamber.

The Virginia Senate on Friday by a 21-16 party-line vote approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would give the Virginia General Assembly the authority to redraw the commonwealth’s congressional districts mid-decade.

California voters approved a ballot measure, Proposition 50, that would allow redrawing of congressional maps to add as many as five Democratic seats, countering Republican efforts in other

Democrats hold a 6-5 edge over Republicans in Virginia’s U.S. House delegation. A new map could allow them to expand that advantage. But it requires a multistep process because a voter-approved constitutional amendment places redistricting in the hands of a bipartisan commission.

Democrats in the Virginia Senate took a big step Friday to enable lawmakers to draw new congressional maps, saying President Donald Trump has created an emergency.

The first polls will close Tuesday night in Virginia, where the state will elect a new governor, one of several major races throughout the country.

Virginia's Democrat-led legislature OKs step toward mid-decade congressional redistricting in fight to control US House