The commission holds 16 members, 4 from the House of Delegates, 4 from the Senate of Virginia, and 8 citizens.

Early in the commission meetings the Democrat and Republican sides both hired partisan map makers and legal advisers.

This was proved true after it became clear that the commission would not create a Congressional map within the deadline after it failed to create any progress on a starting draft for the General Assembly maps, which it had solely focused on.

[5] After the walkout no other progress was made and the deadline passed, handing the redistricting process over to the Virginia Supreme Court.

Following the rules established by Question 1, the court ordered both Democrats and Republicans to create a list of nominees to be selected as special masters for a map.

[6] Once the Republican list was re-submitted, the court started reviewing both parties' lists again and picked Sean Trende as the Republican nominee and Bernard Grofman as the Democratic nominee.

[7] On December 8 the two special masters had announced the completion of the draft map for the House of Representatives.

The first district previously held a significant southern portion of Northern Virginia and was replaced with the western parts of Henrico and Chesterfield counties.

These areas combined are more Democratic than the former Richmond suburbs and rural central Virginia counties which made up the old 7th district.

Organizations Elaine Luria Democratic Jen Kiggans Republican The 2nd district is based in Hampton Roads, containing the cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach.

Despite her home in Norfolk no longer being in the district, Luria ran for re-election in this seat.

On November 8, 2022, State Senator Jen Kiggans won the election to the district, unseating Luria.

The district was radically redrawn and no longer includes her residence in Henrico County.

Representatives State officials Organizations Don Beyer Democratic Don Beyer Democratic The 8th district is based in northern Virginia and encompasses the inner Washington, D.C. suburbs, including Arlington, Alexandria, and Falls Church.

Organizations Newspapers Morgan Griffith Republican Morgan Griffith Republican The 9th district takes in rural southwest Virginia, including Abingdon, Blacksburg, Bristol and Norton.

The incumbent v Republican Morgan Griffith, who was re-elected with 94% of the vote in 2020 without opposition from any party.

Organizations Jennifer Wexton Democratic Jennifer Wexton Democratic The 10th district is based in northern Virginia and the D.C. metro area, encompassing Fauquier, Loudoun, and Rappahannock counties, the independent cities of Mansassas and Manassas Park, and portions of Fairfax and Prince William counties.

The first forum was hosted by The Arc of Northern Virginia (NoVA), an advocacy center for disabled children and seniors.

Gerry Connolly Democratic Gerry Connolly Democratic The 11th district encompasses portions of suburban Washington, D.C., including the city of Fairfax and portions of Fairfax County.