Now the question does RIchmond even want his district diluted?
D+25 to lets say D+18 isn't diluting lul. Nobody needs a 60% AA pop seat except perhaps in Mississippi these days, districts with that level of BVAP were struck down in NC. As long as he can easily survive a primary I assume he will be happy, which probably needs at least say a 10% gap between AA and Whites, which is easily achievable. Whites after all vote between the D and R primaries whereas AA's are solely in the D primary.
Troy Carter said he's cool with losing some strength for a second majority-minority district.
https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1440026653003063299?s=20
