Scott Macfarlane: The Very Bad Sign for Trump Unfolding in a "Lobster-shaped" Section of Virginia

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28. The 7th moved away from us. It was basically the tobacco district (Bliley- Cantor-Bratt-Abbie)

Maps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district

The 7th was basically BIG TOBACCO’s district under Bliley and then his Chief of Staff Eric Cantor. It was Western Henrico with good ole boy Hanover County avoiding black populations in Richmond and Eastern Henrico as well as branching out around Charlottesville (UVa) to add population. Cantor (“Young Lion” #2-3 in the GOP House) was a lock except the hard hard RED areas turned on him in the primary and in came Bratt. There was no Dem primary that year because- WHY? I voted in the GOP primary because I’d never miss a chance to vote against Cantor.

Then Spanberger happened. She’s from the 7th (Tucker High) and she is a force. We were in her district and my wife and I got to meet her several times —— beyond impressive. Her district moved away from us - the maps don’t show this - so she could fight tight battles in very close elections and absorb RED HOT areas.