One thing is clear: it’s uncomfortable right now if you’re a Congressman not at the top of Howell’s or Norment’s Christmas card lists.
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redistricting
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Although it makes for an interesting civics exercise, the Democrats’ talk of forcing a House of Delegates election in 2016 is likely little more than counting a whole lot of chickens before they hatch.
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The three judge federal panel that had ordered the General Assembly to redraw Virginia’s Congressional districts by April 1st has now extended the deadline until September.[read_more] The original order came after the panel of judges in the Eastern District of Virginia had declared the boundaries…
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If you’ve been paying attention to Virginia politics more than just a little bit, you’re among the many who have wondered why the General Assembly has not yet taken up the Congressional redistricting this session. Virginia’s top Republican lawmaker has now released a statement indicating…
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The General Assembly is asleep at the switch, and your Republican member of Congress may be in jeopardy. Hoping for a judicial solution on redistricting, the General Assembly is ignoring a federal court order at its own peril.[read_more] Where did the court order come from?…
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In a 2-1 vote, today, a three judge panel from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia struck down Virginia’s congressional districts as unconstitutional by virtue of the third congressional district being a racial gerrymander. Prepare to be redistricted in 2015.[read_more] It…
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