The U.S. Supreme Court refused Friday to allow Virginia to use a new congressional map that favored Democrats in all but one of the state's U.S. House seats.

The Supreme Court has rejected Virginia’s bid to restore a congressional map that would have given Democrats a chance to pick up four seats in the closely divided House of Representatives

Despite more than 1.6 million voters approving the redistricting referendum, the first setback for Democrats came from the Virginia Supreme Court.

U.S. Chief District Judge Chip Campbell on Thursday rejected Tennessee Democrats' request for a temporary restraining order to stop the state from implementing a new U.S. House map that favors Republicans.

As the state faces the first legal test of its new congressional map, it’s arguing that upcoming elections are too close to make any more changes.