Virginia's 3rd congressional district
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Virginia's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
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| Current Representative | Robert C. Scott (D–Newport News) |
| Population (2000) | 643,476 |
| Median income | 32,238 |
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| Cook PVI | D+27 |
Virginia's third congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia, serving most of the majority-black precincts in the Richmond and Hampton Roads areas. It covers all of the cities of Portsmouth and Petersburg, parts of the cities of Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, and Richmond, all of Charles City, and Surry counties and parts of Henrico and Prince George counties. The current representative is Robert C. Scott (D).
The Virginia Legislature's 2012 redistricting was found unconstitutional and replaced with a court-ordered redistricting on January 16, 2016 for the 2016 elections. One reason for the redistricting is the racial gerrymandering.
In 1788 Virginia's 3rd Congressional District consisted of all of modern Virginia including and west of the counties of Carroll, Floyd, Roanoke, Botetourt, Augusta and Rockingham. It also included what is today Pendleton County, West Virginia and also about the southern third of West Virginia which in 1788 was all Greenbrier County. This area that is today about 48 counties and 13 independent cities was in 1788 only nine counties.
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