As the map shows, a huge swath of the state, including nearly the entire area south of Interstate 64 and west of Interstate 85, is both Republican in its politics and more reliant than average on Medicaid. Another stretch of high Medicaid reliance and Republican representation can be found along the Interstate 81 corridor, also one of the state’s more conservative regions.

Del. Mamye E. BaCote, a Democrat who represents parts of the cities of Hampton and Newport News, has the district with the highest Medicaid population: 33 percent. Del. Daniel W. “Danny” Marshall III represents the Republican-held district with the highest Medicaid population, at 30 percent. The 14th District, which includes the city of Danville and parts of Henry and Pittsylvania counties, ranks fourth overall in Medicaid population, behind BaCote’s district and two others held by Democrats.

The map also identifies the three districts held by Republicans with the greatest percentage of Medicaid recipients. They include Marshall’s district, as well as Terry G. Kilgore’s 1st District, located in the state’s southwest corner, and the 61st, which is represented by Thomas C. Wright Jr. and is located along the North Carolina border and near Interstate 85. Both the 1st and the 61st have 28 percent of their population on Medicaid.