"Retired Space Force Colonel Bree Fram, the highest-ranking out transgender officer in the U.S. , announced Wednesday that she is ending her bid for Congress after the state's Supreme Court threw out newly drawn congressional maps weeks before early . Fram, who was forced into retirement under President Donald Trump's transgender military ban, said the abrupt reversal left her campaign without enough time to reorganize in Virginia's reshuffled landscape."
"Virginia voters had approved a constitutional amendment that would have temporarily redrawn congressional districts in ways Democrats believed could help them regain ground in the U.S. House. The push came as Republicans across the country pursued aggressive mid-decade redistricting efforts encouraged by Trump. But in a 4-3 decision last week, the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled that lawmakers violated procedural requirements when placing the amendment on the ballot, thereby restoring the previous district lines."
"For Fram, whose campaign, launched on January 20, days after retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal presided over her retirement ceremony, had been built around the new 11th District, the court decision proved politically fatal. "I am deeply disappointed by the Court's decision to overturn the map approved by Virginia voters and the consequences it could have on the country," Fram said in a statement shared with The Advocate."
""With only five weeks before early primary voting, the ruling left this campaign without sufficient time and resources to meaningfully pivot to the previous district and have the k"
Retired Space Force Colonel Bree Fram ended her campaign for Congress after Virginia’s Supreme Court threw out newly drawn congressional maps. The court ruling reversed a map that had been approved through a constitutional amendment intended to temporarily redraw districts. Fram said the decision left her campaign with insufficient time and resources to reorganize for the previous district boundaries. The campaign had been built around the new 11th District. Fram previously faced forced retirement under President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban. The ruling was decided 4-3 and stunned Democrats in Virginia, where voters had supported the amendment to help Democrats regain ground in the U.S. House.
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