Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Augusta, announced Thursday that he will retire from the Virginia Senate as another casualty of a political redistricting process that is draining the General Assembly of its institutional memory.
Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Augusta, walks down a hallway inside the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, VA Wednesday, August 4, 2021, the third day of the General Assembly Special Session. The Senate had just recessed until 6:30 pm.
Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, left, and Sen. Emmett W. Hanger, Jr., R-Augusta, right, confer Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 before Democratic members complained regarding the vote on a redistricting plan passed yesterday in the Senate in Richmond, VA. Under the new plan, both would be in the same district, prompting a runoff.
Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Augusta, reads a bill at his desk during the floor session of the Virginia Senate inside the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, VA Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021.
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Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Augusta, walks down a hallway inside the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, VA Wednesday, August 4, 2021, the third day of the General Assembly Special Session. The Senate had just recessed until 6:30 pm.
Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Augusta, reads a bill at his desk during the floor session of the Virginia Senate inside the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, VA Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021.
Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, left, and Sen. Emmett W. Hanger, Jr., R-Augusta, right, confer Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 before Democratic members complained regarding the vote on a redistricting plan passed yesterday in the Senate in Richmond, VA. Under the new plan, both would be in the same district, prompting a runoff.
