Belman said if he decides to run for office in November, he will run for the Falmouth seat. And Belman, who has run as an independent throughout his tenure on the board and earlier as a member of the Fredericksburg City Council, said he would run as a Republican. The other districts would remain largely the same, Cook said. However, he said Supervisor Bob Gibbons, who represents the Rock Hill District, has asked the committee to draw up some other alternatives, including moving Augustine subdivision out of Rock Hill and moving Stafford's portion of Quantico Marine Corps Base into the district. Cook said that would be a challenge because the committee also must move entire census blocks at a time.
Census blocks are neighborhoods or groups of communities.
Were Augustine moved to the new proposed district, a likely candidate might be Bill Gray. Gray ran against Gibbons in 1999, and lost by 215 votes. Because that contest was so recent, he said he might still have a lot of name recognition.