Let’s say you’re independently wealthy, well-regarded by most constituents (even from the opposition party) and occupy a district so reliably Democratic that the only way an incumbent could possibly lose the seat is via a scandal of the likes...
Virginia’s 8th and 11th congressional districts theoretically could come out of pending redistricting largely unscathed, although significant changes to the 10th District are almost assured.
With an official U.S. Census Bureau population of 8,631,393 (up 7.9 percent from 2010), Virginia’s...