GOP-backed Bill Could Shift Virginia Senate Seats
If passed, Manassas Park and Manassas would be affected because the area are represented by Sen. Charles "Chuck" Colgan.
Manassas Park and parts of Manassas could have a new person representing it in the Virginia Senate if a bill that narrowly passed in the state senate Monday night takes effect. The Senate bill, which squeezed through with a 20-19 vote, shifts the districts of five senate Democrats—three representing Northern Virginia—toward more Republican-voting areas. (See a map of the proposed redistricting in the media box to the right.) Under the proposal, the districts of John Edwards (D-21st) Dave Marsden (D-37th), George Barker (D-39th), Charles "Chuck" Colgan (D-29th) and John Miller (D-1st) would all change. Virginia’s legislature last redistricted House and Senate districts in 2011. Republican Sen. John Watkins (R-10th) defended the bill as "an…
Bloomie
9:45 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Maybe Treuting wants to give this a try? We need term limits. Some of these people have been "legislating" for way too long. more ›