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- December 31, 2021
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Taylor Keeney, a community leader from Goochland, VA running as a first-time candidate in the 7th district against Rep. Spanberger released a statement early this morning: “Five months ago, we jumped into the race for Congress in the 7th District recognizing that our district, our country, and Congress had big issues that needed to be […]

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- December 10, 2021
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The Princeton Gerrymandering Project has reviewed Virginia’s newly proposed legislative and congressional maps. (Virginia Scope) They scored the congressional draft as an “A” overall and in Partisan Fairness, with “Cs” in Competitiveness and Geography. “It has five pretty safe D seats, 2 very safe R seats, 2 lean R seats, and 2 lean D seats (for a […]

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- December 10, 2021
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Virginia’s proposed congressional map has been made public. The new lines leave Democrats with a fighting chance to retain control of the majority of the Commonwealth’s congressional districts. But at least one Democrat has been stranded. As POLITICO reports: Virginia’s new potential congressional map would give Democrats a fighting chance to hang onto their current […]

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- November 19, 2021
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The Supreme Court of Virginia has unanimously appointed two mapmakers to help them draw new legislative and congressional districts. The justices approved the Republicans special master nominee, Sean Trende. Trende is the senior elections analyst for RealClearPolitics, a center-right news site. They also accepted the Democrats’ nominee, Bernard Grofman. Grofman is a political scientist at […]

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- March 16, 2019
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The U.S. Supreme Court will consider the fate of the Commonwealth’s legislative map, which could again change the potential outcome of the 2019 elections following the unveil of the new map drawn by the court-appointed special master.

Alex Lemieux is a Richmond-based editor with The Republican Standard. ...
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The Republican Standard
- February 15, 2019
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26 House districts in the Richmond and Hampton Roads metropolitan areas will be altered as Virginia’s redistricting case is still set to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 18.

Alex Lemieux is a Richmond-based editor with The Republican Standard. ...
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The Republican Standard
- January 30, 2019
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The 12-member commission would be staffed the speaker of the House of Delegates, the State Senate Rules Committee, and the governor, who would appoint four members each, two from both political parties.

Alex Lemieux is a Richmond-based editor with The Republican Standard. ...
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The Republican Standard
- January 23, 2019
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At least six Republican delegates would be running in districts where a majority of voters chose President Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election.

Alex Lemieux is a Richmond-based editor with The Republican Standard. ...
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The Republican Standard
- September 17, 2018
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As the problems with redrawing Virginia’s legislative districts continue, a federal court as decided that a court-appointed expert may be the solution if the October 30 deadline is missed. Nevertheless, it has led to the popularity of a non-partisan, independent redistricting commission to increase, but such a measure would require a constitutional amendment.

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- September 13, 2018
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False claims of stalling in the courts, false claims of stalling politically, false claims of protecting racial gerrymandering, and the refusal of Democrats to unveil the mysterious map maker are all leading to the frustration of Republicans in the House of Delegates in dealing with redistricting.

Alex Lemieux is a Richmond-based editor with The Republican Standard. ...