Ted Cruz leaves Virginia's Eastern Shore off map

In an all-too-familiar scenario, the Eastern Shore of Virginia was left off a Virginia map being used in the presidential campaign of Republican Ted Cruz, but the error was corrected within hours.

A recent post on the Ted Cruz Politician Facebook page urged, “Show your Virginia pride. Don’t miss your chance to get a limited edition Virginia version Ted Cruz sticker.”

The map shown on the original post and on the fundraising website it linked to omitted Virginia’s Eastern Shore, a 70-mile stretch at the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula that includes two Virginia counties, Accomack and Northampton.

The region, among other historical attributes, is home to the oldest continuous court records in the country.

Several people who commented on the Facebook post noted the error, and a corrected version of the state map appeared on the website hours later.

Attempts to reach the Cruz campaign for comment were not immediately successful.

It was not the first time the rural region has been overlooked.

A tweet sent out in November by fellow presidential candidate Ben Carson's campaign included a color-coded map that showed the Eastern Shore of Virginia as part of Maryland on the issue of whether to accept Syrian refugees.

Another recent omission was rectified after Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, an Eastern Shore native, spotted an erroneous map of Virginia hanging on the wall outside the State Veterinarian’s office last year.

The six-foot wooden map did not include the Eastern Shore, but after Northam pointed out the error, State Veterinarian Richard Wilkes hand-carved the peninsula himself and presented it to the Lieutenant Governor, who subsequently invited legislators to join him in an unveiling of the corrected map.

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