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3rd District of Virginia

The 3rd congressional district of Virginia is located in southeast Virginia where the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth rivers meet the Chesapeake Bay and encompasses the core of the Hampton Roads region, including all of the cities of Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and parts of the city of Chesapeake. The district is home to Newport News Shipbuilding, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, the Portsmouth Naval Hospital, NASA Langley Research Center, the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab), the Hampton V.A. Medical Center, and the Port of Virginia. The district is also home to several colleges and universities, including Christopher Newport University, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Hampton University, Norfolk State University, Old Dominion University, Tidewater Community College and Virginia Peninsula Community College.