| West Virginia has three congressional districts. Each district represents about 600,000 citizens. Population shifts since 2000 made it necessary for the Legislature to redraw West Virginia's congressional district lines. On January 3, 2012, the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia issued a ruling stating the results of the West Virginia Legislature's redistricting efforts for the congressional districts is unconstitutional. The Court gave the Legislature a deadline of January 17, 2012 to redraw the map or the Court will impose its own map. |