Richmond suburbs loom as fault line in preliminary discussion of new congressional districts
Henrico and Chesterfield counties are shaping up as key areas of debate as Virginia’s redistricting commission takes its first crack at redrawing the state’s congressional districts ahead of an Oct. 25 deadline.
In Virginia’s current congressional map, Chesterfield and Henrico are split between districts represented by Rep. Don McEachin, D-4th and Abigail Spanberger, D-7th.
A proposed redrawn 5th District, drafted by a GOP-aligned mapmaker, would include western Chesterfield and a few Henrico precincts in a district anchored in Southside that stretches to Halifax County and Danville along the North Carolina line.
Under initial districts proposed by Republican and Democratic mapmakers, Henrico would be split among the 4th, 5th and 1st congressional districts. Hanover and New Kent counties would remain part of a redrawn 1st. The cities of Richmond and Petersburg would remain in the 4th.
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