Virginia Senate Passes New Redistricting Map; McDonnell to Sign (Updated – Friday, 5 a.m.)

The Virginia Senate passed a new redistricting map 32-5.

View the map here.

VPAP has the following analysis:

In Tidewater, Virginia Beach is keeping its two senators, but Senators Blevins and Quayle were drawn into the same district. Senator Quayle’s District will now be located in Loudoun County to account for population shifts.

In western Virginia, Sens. Newman and Smith remain in the same district. A new district will stretch from Lynchburg to the Goochland County/Henrico County border. Plans for a new Richmond-area senate district were scrapped during the negotiations.

The House may vote on the plan as early as tonight.

UPDATE: PDFs attached from Silverlight. Not the best in the world but you work with what you’ve got…

SWVA

NOVA

SEVA

Central VA

[Update]

Governor McDonnell announced late tonight that he would sign the bill, releasing the following:

“I thank the General Assembly for passing this new redistricting plan. I will sign this legislation as soon as it reaches my desk. The plan as passed does address most of the criteria I outlined in my veto letter, and ensures that the elected members of the legislative branch fulfill their constitutional obligation to draw our electoral lines every ten years.

In my veto letter, I asked the Senate to send me a plan that was bipartisan and addressed potential legal issues. The plan approved today is in line with those goals. This plan retains more geographic and municipal boundaries, contains districts that are somewhat more compact, and passed the Senate on a strong bipartisan vote. In these aspects it is similar to the House plan. It is a great improvement over the previous plan that I vetoed, and which failed to gain a single vote from the minority party. I applaud the Republican and Democratic members of the Senate who worked well together to craft this compromise plan.

At my request, the Attorney General’s office has reviewed the preliminary data regarding the plan. Based on this review, they concluded that the plan meets the relevant legal requirements of the U.S. Constitution, the Virginia Constitution, and the Voting Rights Act. I have asked the Attorney General to ensure that the legislation will be precleared in a timely fashion so that the 2011 election process can get underway.

UPDATE 2:
* HB 5005 will be enrolled early this morning, Friday April 29, 2011.
* Speaker Howell (as presiding officer of the House) and Lt. Governor Bolling (as presiding officer of the Senate) will sign the bill.
* After both of these constitutionally required signatures, HB 5005 will be delivered to Governor McDonnell for his review.
* Assuming that the bill is presented to the governor today (April 29), the Governor will have 7 days (since the General Assembly is still in Special Session) to either sign, amend or veto it.
* The deadline for the governor’s actions to be returned to the General Assembly is 11:59 PM on Friday, May 6. Given the governor’s statement above, it appears he will not be making any amendments and will sign it quickly.

HB 5005 passed the House 63-7 and in the Senate 32-5.

Interesting in the Senate that Senators Martin, Obenshain, Smith, Stanley, and Stuart voted against the bill (Senators Quayle and Newman did not vote). Senator Obenshain wrote on his Facebook page:

“After much gnashing of teeth, we are going to pass a redistricting bill. Ralph Smith and [Fred Quayle] will lose their seats. I voted no. We’ll wait or the Governor to decide whether to sign, amend or veto. If it is signed, we’ll be ready for the fight in the fall,” he wrote. “VERY disappointed with the treatment of Ralph Smith. There was an easy fix — it did not fly today. It would not have affected any Democrat OR sitting Republican. Governor . . . a little help?”

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