Such a district wouldn’t stretch from Richmond to Arlington County.
Maybe black legislators would back a plan that would dump a more Republicans into, and subtract Democrats from the 11th District (currently held by Gerald Connolly, D-Fairfax)
One advantage for Republicans: Scott has to add about 64K constituents to his seat.
Disadvantages for Republicans:
Scott won in ‘10 with 70%. So he’s getting a lot of white votes too.
Wittman lost the Hampton portion of the 1st; Forbes lost Petersburg in the 4th; Cantor lost the Richmond City portion of the 7th.
Cantor actually lives in the Richmond City portion of the 7th. So if such a district were created he’d be running in it, on much less friendly territory than he is now but probably not unwinnable.