The court ordered the General Assembly and the governor to adopt a remedied map, to be used for the 2018 congressional elections. On January 22, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the congressional districts were unlawfully gerrymandered in violation of the Pennsylvania Constitution.

The case was eventually appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

On June 14, 2017, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit, alleging that the district boundaries constituted an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. However, only five of the state's 18 federal Representatives (27.78%) were Democrats. In the 2012 congressional elections, Democratic candidates won 50.5% of the total votes cast. The 2012 redistricting process resulted in a map that disproportionately favored Republican candidates. The merger of districts 4 and 12 forced a primary runoff between the two sitting congressional representatives. A number of sitting congressional representatives had their districts modified or merged as part of the redistricting. In 2012, Pennsylvania realigned a number of districts. representatives from PennsylvaniaĢ012 redistricting and gerrymandering challenge Delegation affiliation following 2012 elections:įollowing the 2010 census, redistricting in Pennsylvania was controlled by elected officials from the Republican party. The list below identifies the members of the United States House delegation from Pennsylvania, their service start dates, and current court-ordered district boundaries.Ĭurrent U.S. In the current delegation, 9 representatives are Democrats and 8 are Republicans. The congressional delegation from Pennsylvania consists of 17 members. In the 2022 midterms, per the 2020 United States census, Pennsylvania lost one congressional seat, bringing the delegation's number to 17 districts. After the 2000 census, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was divided into 19 congressional districts, decreasing from 21 due to reapportionment.Īfter the 2010 census, the number of districts decreased again to 18.

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