Tired of VA's 7th congressional district.

[luscious_purple]

Local folks: Mostly I watch the NBC Washington station, but I'm wondering if this is true for the other local TV stations. Are you finding a HUGE number of ads for the Abigail Spanberger vs. Yesli Vega congressional race? Like, to the virtual exclusion of other candidates in the Nov. 8 election?

Yes, I *know* that the district is knife-edge swingy and hotly contested. But the northernmost point in the district is Culpeper County, for crying out loud. And it extends almost down to Richmond. Most people in the DMV will never vote for either woman.

It's bad enough that MD/DC residents have to endure all the VA ads in the year following a presidential election, but to have virtually no ads for Maryland candidates when we have an open governor's race, and my congressional district has no incumbent either ... it's just weird.

And I'm just a tetch sensitive because in the 30 years I've been in Maryland, the *only* times the Republicans have won the governorship have been when there was some mix of a weak Democratic candidate and a weak campaign. This time around the GOP gubernatorial candidate is an election denier and I *really* don't want him anywhere near the fancy office.

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[fauxklore]

I suspect that much of this is because so few districts in the region are at all competitive. My (admittedly limited) understanding of Maryland is that the Congressional districts are drawn in a way that pretty much guarantees all but one (or maybe 2?) are assured for Democrats. The Gubernatorial race is also thought to have effectively ended with the Republican choice of a MAGAphile.

I stick to the WaPo and avoid TV news personally.

[luscious_purple]

Yes, Maryland was horrendously gerrymandered, but that has largely been fixed. (That's why my town was taken out of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's district and put into another district with an open seat. It's a very blue district, but I'm not too worried.)

The Eastern Shore district will stay Republican. David Trone's district is less blue than it used to be; I hope he can hold onto his seat. Jamie Raskin has nothing to worry about.

Because of its shape, Maryland can be divided up "naturally" only so many ways.