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The redistricting of congressional districts prepared by the Virginia legislature, the Virginia General Assembly, in 2012 was used in the 2012 elections and 2014 elections. The redistricting was found unconstitutional and replaced with a court-ordered redistricting on January 16, 2016, before the 2016 elections .
Virginia's 2nd congressional district from January 3, 2023. Virginia's second congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia.It currently encompasses all of the counties of Accomack, Northampton, and Isle of Wight; all of the independent cities of Virginia Beach, Suffolk, and Franklin; part of the independent city of Chesapeake; and part of Southampton ...
New voting districts in Virginia Beach divide the Oceanfront resort area for the first time in city history, raising questions about how the change will affect tourism policy-making in the future.
The 2nd district is based in Hampton Roads, containing the cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach. Virginia's Eastern Shore is also located within the district. The incumbent is Republican Jen Kiggans, who flipped the district and was elected to a first term with 52% of the vote in 2022.
After the 2020 Census and redistricting, it is located in Virginia Beach and represented by Democratic Senator Aaron Rouse. Before redistricting, the area covered by this district was located in central Virginia where it was represented by Republican Mark Peake since he ran to replace fellow Republican Tom Garrett in a 2017 special election. [3]
Virginia's 82nd House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. The district contains part of Virginia Beach. Since 2016, the seat has been held by Republican Jason Miyares who was elected as Attorney General of Virginia in the 2021 election. [1]
According to the United States Census Bureau's 2017 data for Virginia's 7th Congressional District, the total population of the district is 790,084. Median age for the district is 39.7 years. 65.5% of the district is Non-Hispanic White, 18.4% Black, 5.1% Asian, 0.3% Native American or Alaskan, and 3.4% some other race with 7.3% Hispanic or Latino.
On Wednesday, the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the case, which argued the use of at-large voting to elect members of the Virginia Beach City Council diluted the votes of ...