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Sen. Miller’s district was made up only of counties west of the Blue Ridge. Rappahannock was placed in Democrat Sen. Tom Michie’s district, which would have stretched from Rappahannock to Nelson County, south of Charlottesville.
It wasn’t the northern Piedmont district Mr. Baumgardner had hoped for, but there was a “stronger community of interest,” he said.
“As a Democrat I was happy to see us in Sen. Michie’s district,” he said.
“He would be more responsive, more attuned to the interests and concerns of Rappahannock than Sen. Miller has been over the years. In Rappahannock we like to see issues resolved at the local level,” he^fejt tinued. “Sen Miller has been qu^tetP as saying a vital role of state government is to protect the citizens from the excesses of local government.”
However, Gov. Douglas Wilder vetoed that redistricting plan and then supported one which met his goal of providing for five black majority districts.
It also cut the number of seats for Northern Virginia, restored Sen. Truban’s and Sen. Miller’s districts, and put some Democratic senators who had crossed the governor into majority black districts, Mr. Baumgardner said. This won the support of the Republicans in the senate and enough Democrats to pass it.
Mr. Baumgardner noted that the final chapter of the redistricting battle will take place after the November election when the General Assembly will reconvene to consider Congressional redistricting.
Mr. Baumgardner concluded, “Anyway you cut it, Rappahannock is a little toe on the foot.”
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