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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Re-Districting Has Some VA Legislators House Hunting

Although the real estate market remains shaky, there's one category of home hunters checking property listings this summer: candidates for legislative office.

Several General Assembly candidates have acknowledged they're planning to move to meet state residency requirements, and others have pondered it.

While it's not uncommon for prospective office holders to move into a favorable district, the trend seems more pronounced this year because of redistricting.

In that process, some legislators were taken out of districts they now represent, separated from some of the constituents who helped put them in office, or placed in the same district as another legislator.

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