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Changes in district lines as a result of the 2020 U.S. Census will greatly affect how Lake of the Woods is represented in the Virginia General
Assembly beginning in January 2023. Here, in a nutshell, is a description of the changes.

House of Delegates — LOW is currently part of the 30th House District, represented by Del. Nick Frietas, a Republican. The 30th District includes all of Orange County.

Under the newly redrawn map, LOW will be in the 63rd House District. The new district bisects Orange County and includes western Spotsylvania County. (See illustration above.)

Del. Phil Scott, a Republican who represents the current 88th District, lives in new 63rd and intends to run for re-election here. At present no Democratic candidate has announced an intention to oppose him.

Western Orange County will be in the new 62nd District, where Democrat Sara Ratcliffe of Greene County has announced her candidacy to succeed Frietas, who is not a candidate in the new district.

The new 63rd District is slightly less conservative than the old 30th District, but still skews heavily Republican, according to the Virginia Public Action Project.

State Senate — Sen. Bryce Reeves, a Republican, who has represented the old 17th Senate District, has announced he intends to run for re-election in the newly redrawn 28th Senate District. He will be opposed in the June primary by Republican Mike Ellers. To date, no Democrat has announced for the seat.

The new district is considerably more conservative than the old, according to VPAP.

Joanne Speiden, a member of the Orange County Board of Elections, is scheduled to speak to the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club on April 12 to explain these changes in detail and to answer questions. Make plans now to attend.

More information about the changes is available from VPAP by following the links below.

The Virginia Political Action Project

Sara Ratcliffe for Virginia

The Orange County Democratic Committee passed a resolution at its January 9 meeting calling for the removal of Donald Trump from the office of president of the United States.

The resolution reads:

Whereas it is the mission of the Orange County Democratic Committee to promote democratic principles;

Whereas Donald Trump, President of the United States, has incited violence against a co-equal branch of government in order to disrupt their constitutionally mandated duty and to overturn the November 2020 election and retain power, has illegally solicited the Georgia Secretary of State to overturn his loss, and has emboldened and encouraged the very worst impulses in our society; and

Whereas Donald Trump continues to falsely claim massive fraud robbed him of the election and will likely continue to incite more violence which makes him a clear and present danger during the last days of his administration; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, that the Orange County Democratic Committee supports Senator Mark Warner, Senator Tim Kaine, and Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger in their demands that Donald Trump be removed from office to protect our country’s democratic principles, whether that be through the application of the 25th amendment or by impeachment.