The Virginia General Assembly returns to Richmond on June 9-10 to draw Virginia’s new Congressional districts. See Post article. The House has passed a GOP/incumbent-protection plan that will likely maintain the Republican current 8-3 Congressional majority (which was a 6-5 Democratic majority prior to the 2010 election). In so doing, it creates a 5th district that runs, snake-like, from the North Carolina boarder to the Loudon county line. See Va DLS maps (click on District Type, choose Congressional). The Senate P&E Committee has endorsed a much fairer plan that creates two CDs likely to elect African-American congressmen (3rd & 4th). Getting some version of the Senate plan through the Assembly and signed by the Governor will be tough, but such a plan would much better represent the racial and political diversity of Virginia.
Of course, you don
Doesn’t the new 10th help Frank Wolf? I think those two districts could be drawn to make them more competitive, but there doesn’t seem to be much interest in that.
Of course, you don’t mention the 11th, which is designed to do nothing by protect Gerry Connelly.
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