Re: Senator Dick Saslaw
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Date: October 13, 2015 07:36PM
Stephen Wrote:
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> Saslaw Did not draw his own district, in fact the
> feds have stepped in about Virginia's way of
> Drawing District's. Saslaw Needs to go, and yes
> I'm a Democrat.
That only affects the Congressional map and only directly effected the 3rd district (the majority-minority district that stretches from Richmond to Portsmouth that is represented by Bobby Scott).
The Virginia Senate had a Democratic majority in 2011 when districts were redrawn. The GOP House, Dem Senate, & then-Gov. McDonnell worked out a deal whereby each chamber was allowed to draw its own maps. Saslaw most certainly did draw his own district and he isn't going anywhere.