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By JEFF NELSON
Arundel Ncwipapen Staff Writer
A special General Assembly session called to redraw congressional district lines may mean area voters who sent Republican Del. George Allen to Washington last week did not really elect their representative.
The Assembly Democrats’ plan has a drastic effect on Rappahannock County and Northern Virginia counties to the east and north, which Democrats propose to draw into the 10th Congressional District.
Voters in Rappahannock, Fauquier, Warren, Cltffke and Frederick elected former state delegate Allen to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 7th District just last week. Under the current redistricting {dan, those same voters would be represented by sht*r' tenn incumbent U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-lOth.
Rep. Wolf would not comment on the plan, citing a need to study it farther. Rep. Allen, sworn in Tuesday, is not pleased with the development, noting that the new district lumps southern suburbs of Richmond with Strasburg.
“I’d like to see the Piedmont kept together as much as possible. Look at what they did with the 10th (District). They put Rappahannock County in with Fairfax. Those folks who live in Rappahannock probably do so to get away from Fairfax,” Rep. Allen said.
State legislators head togRichmond Nov. 18 to hammer out a redistricting pl#i for representation in the U.S. House of Representatives. They will use the Democrats’ plan as a starting point.
Elections for all of the new congressional districts will take place in November 1992. Until that time, voters will be represented by their current congressman.
Republicans came out against the plan immediately
See REDISTRICT, p.A-3
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