Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters said -- prior to Virginians on Tuesday night voting in favor of a referendum to redraw the state's congressional map to give Democrats 10 House members and leave Republicans with just one -- that his group has a lawsuit in the legal pipeline to stop or reverse the effort. 

"We already have a case that's in the courts right now," he said on Just the News, No Noise, prior to the vote tally in which the referendum passed 51.5% to 48.5%.

Gruters also said the suit is "waiting until after this referendum is over, and then we'll go right back. And our attorneys are very optimistic about our chances, based on the writing of the way the entire referendum is put out right now."

He said the RNC, prior to the referendum vote, also filed suits.

"We had to sue to stop them, and we won that case," Gruters said. "We have another one in Fairfax" County. "We sued last week in Prince William County in one because [Democrats] are trying to get illegals to vote right now. It makes no sense."