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Even though the dog days of August hung on into September, it’s well after Labor Day and a new political year in Virginia has officially begun.
Though all 11 seats in the House of Representatives are up in November, none of the incumbent appears seriously threatened and there will probably be little media or public interest in the elections. ; That merely means that those interested in state politics will be focusing on 1999 y hen 100 House of Delegate peats and 40 State Senate seats ere up for grabs and the year 2000 when the U.S. Senate seat how occupied by Charles S. JRobb, Democrat, goes through ^another election cycle. ■ Republicans, who have a Islim Senate majority and are Jin a two-seat House minority, ;are planning an all-out effort •to take control of both legislative branches for the first time Jin history. J If they can do that next jyear, it guarantees that the •GOP for the first time in the Jyear 2001 will be able to draw Jthe state’s redistricting plan Tor congressional and legislative districts. And even better Jfor Republicans, with a GOP Jgovemor in place there would |be no threat of a veto. ' I was assigned by thenJCongressman French {Slaughter as his representa;tive to a task force in late 1990 • looking at the reappointment
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