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GOP VA Senate Plan Could Alter Howell's District
Republican bill pushed through state senate on Monday proposes big changes to state senate.
A surprise bill proposed by Virginia state senate Republicans that will redraw the state political map was approved 20-19 Monday. It will be further discussed on Tuesday, but if it passes the House and is approved by Gov. Bob McDonnell, it will essentially re-draw the state senate districts, in many cases making them lean more Republican. Under the Virginia Constitution, the General Assembly draws new Senate and House districts once a decade, and most recently did so in 2011. Republicans said Monday the propsal was an effort to better represent African American voters. While the proposal would keep virtually all of Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd)'s Reston districts, it would change many of her precincts in Vienna. The proposal adds much of …
DGeorge
9:34 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
I love to see professional politicians like Howel and Plum go home and get a job and stop feeding at the public trough. Term limits are the only way to get rid of these leeches. more ›