CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Now that voters have passed a redistricting amendment that moves Albemarle County and Charlottesville into a newly-redrawn 6th District ahead of the midterm elections, the question for the region is who will be on that ballot?

Republican Rep. Ben Cline is the incumbent in the district. Cline has not said whether or not he will run in the new 6th. For Democratic challengers, former Congressperson Tom Perriello officially announced Tuesday night that he would transition to running in the 6th District, setting up a potential showdown with Beth Macy, an author and former journalist.

“The people of Roanoke and western Virginia asked me to run because I gave them hope,” Macy told Cville Right Now on Wednesday. “They said, ‘You have the unique ability to hold corporations and politicians accountable.’ I think I’m the candidate for this moment because I have a deep understanding of what’s wrong in the country and what’s wrong in this economy, and of struggling people because for most of my life, I was one.

“They’re telling me they want me to stay in the race, and I’m going to do it.”

Perriello, a Charlottesville native and the last Democrat to win election in the now-former 5th District, told Cville Right Now he’s prepared to run against Macy.

“We’ve had the opportunity to talk and she’s an amazing person and writer,” Perriello said. “I think primaries can be healthy for debate. I also think it could be great when the party’s unified and headed to November. I certainly respect whatever she decides to do.”

A third Democrat, Rob Tracinski, announced Wednesday he will move his campaign from the 5th to the 6th District.

Representatives for Cline and 5th District Rep. John McGuire did not respond to requests for comments.

With the redrawn maps, the race for the Democratic nomination could be the most competitive part of the election.

Of course, Democrats only narrowly passed the redistricting amendment Tuesday, with 51.5% of the vote. That result came just five months after Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger won her election with 57.6% of the vote, giving her a commanding 15-point win over Republican Winsome Earle-Sears.

The new, gerrymandered redistricting maps are designed to help the Democrats win as many as four additional Congressional seats in the upcoming midterm elections. The measure was passed by state legislators to serve as a counter to similar Republican-led redistricting efforts in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio.

But for many Democratic voters, the measure felt akin to two wrongs aiming to make a right.

Both Perriello and Macy said they supported the measure and worked to get out the ‘yes’ vote. But both also told Cville Right Now that, if elected, they would support a nationwide ban on gerrymandering.

“I’m glad that the voters decided to punch hard back on Donald Trump and his buddy, Greg Abbott, thinking they could cheat by gerrymandering,” Macy said, referring to the governor of Texas. “I think fighting back in the midst of this national emergency was demanded of us.”

Perriello said, ultimately, voters wanted Virginia to check President Trump’s power.

“People across the political spectrum believe that our democracy is broken in any number of ways that we need to fix,” Perriello said. “I think that overall, this is going to be an opportunity to give Virginia more voice and certainly to give the Charlottesville and Blue Ridge area more voice, because they’ve really been left out of those maps for decades now.”

Perriello said banning gerrymandering nationwide is just one part of the plan to restore fairness to the American political process. He believes Congress should consider upping the membership of the House of Representatives.

“I also think we need to seriously consider increasing the number of seats across the country right now,” Perriello said. “A member of Congress represents about 750,000 voters. In the original Constitution, that was 30,000 people. If you look at Canada and the National Parliament, elected officials are representing about 70,000 people. So, our districts are about 10 times larger. And I think that becomes a particular challenge for rural communities where populations are much more spread out. So, I think we need to look even deeper at much bigger and bolder ideas for how we accomplish the goal of making people feel represented.”

While the seemingly never-ending onslaught of redistricting referendum television and radio ads are over, the question of the redrawn maps is not yet a done deal.

This week, the Supreme Court of Virginia will begin to hear arguments in lawsuits contending Democrats violated procedural requirements in putting the amendment in front of voters.

All of that leaves candidates running in the November midterms in an awkward limbo.