Pennsylvania's congressional districts

Pennsylvania's congressional districts since 2013^[1]

After the 2000 Census, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was divided into 19 Congressional Districts, decreasing from 21 due to reapportionment. After the 2010 Census, the number of districts decreased again to 18.

Current districts and representatives

List of members of the Pennsylvanian United States House delegation, their terms, district boundaries, and the districts' political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 18 members, with 13 Republicans, and 5 Democrats.

District	Representative	Party	CPVI	Incumbent time in office
1st	Bob Brady (D-Philadelphia)	Democratic	D+25	May 19, 1998 – present
2nd	Chaka Fattah (D-Philadelphia)	Democratic	D+39	January 3, 1995 – present
3rd	Mike Kelly (R-Erie)	Republican	R+5	January 3, 2011 – present
4th	Scott Perry (R-Harrisburg)	Republican	R+9	January 3, 2013 – present
5th	Glenn Thompson (R-Oil City)	Republican	R+6	January 3, 2009 – present
6th	Ryan Costello (R-West Chester)	Republican	R+1	January 3, 2015 – present
7th	Pat Meehan (R-Philadelphia/Reading)	Republican	EVEN	January 3, 2011 – present
8th	Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Levittown)	Republican	R+1	January 3, 2011 – present
9th	Bill Shuster (R-Altoona)	Republican	R+10	May 15, 2001 – present
10th	Tom Marino (R-Williamsport)	Republican	R+12	January 3, 2011 – present
11th	Lou Barletta (R-Harrisburg)	Republican	R+6	January 3, 2011 – present
12th	Keith Rothfus (R-Oakmont)	Republican	R+6	January 3, 2013 – present
13th	Brendan Boyle (D-Philadelphia)	Democratic	D+12	January 3, 2015 – present
14th	Michael Doyle (D-Pittsburgh)	Democratic	D+16	January 3, 1995 – present
15th	Charlie Dent (R-Allentown)	Republican	R+2	January 3, 2005 – present
16th	Joseph Pitts (R-Reading)	Republican	R+6	January 3, 1997 – present
17th	Matthew Cartwright (D-Scranton)	Democratic	D+4	January 3, 2013 – present
18th	Tim Murphy (R-Brentwood)	Republican	R+6	January 3, 2003 – present

Partisan split

Delegation affiliation: Red - Republicans (13)
Blue - Democrat (5)

2012 Congressional District Realignment

The Congressional Districts in Pennsylvania faced slight realignment for the 2012 election. Many sitting Congressional Representatives saw their districts modified or merged as part of the redistricting. An example of this would be the previous District Four (4) and Twelve (12). These two district saw major changes with the new realignment. The merger forced a primary runoff between the two sitting representatives in order to determine who would hold seat for the newly formed district.^[2]

Historical district boundaries

Districts from 2005 - 2013

Redistricting in Pennsylvania

The process of drawing district boundaries, or redistricting, in Pennsylvania is described here^[3] and here.

Since the 2010 Census and the 2012 elections, redistricting in Pennsylvania has been controlled by Republicans, who have driven the process to maximize partisan advantage. In 2012, Democrats won slightly more than 50% of the total vote in Pennsylvania Federal House elections,^[4](50.5% in fact), yet only five of the state's 18 Federal Representatives are Democrats, as those voters have been intentionally concentrated in as few districts as possible.^[5]

An additional explanation for the results of PA districts is that a significant proportion of registered Democrats are concentrated because they primarily live in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and to spread out Democratic registrations across more districts it would require an even greater degree of gerrymandering.

References

↑ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
↑ http://www.politicspa.com/pas-new-congressional-maps/30096/
↑ "Redistricting in Pennsylvania (Ballotpedia)".
↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/opinion/sunday/let-math-save-our-democracy.html?mabReward=A7&moduleDetail=recommendations-2&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&region=Footer&module=WhatsNext&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&src=recg&pgtype=article
↑ "2012 Pennsylvania House Election Results". Politico. Politico LLC. Retrieved 9 October 2014.

External links

Congressional redistricting in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators	Bob Casey, Jr. (D) Pat Toomey (R)

Representatives (ordered by district)	Bob Brady (D) Chaka Fattah (D) Mike Kelly (R) Scott Perry (R) Glenn Thompson (R) Ryan Costello (R) Pat Meehan (R) Mike Fitzpatrick (R) Bill Shuster (R) Tom Marino (R) Lou Barletta (R) Keith Rothfus (R) Brendan Boyle (D) Mike Doyle (D) Charles Dent (R) Joe Pitts (R) Matt Cartwright (D) Tim Murphy (R)

Other states' delegations	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Non‑voting: American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

Lists of United States congressional delegations

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Other	American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

Obsolete	Dakota Territory Northwest Territory Orleans Territory Philippines Southwest Territory

Lists of former House members List of former Senators

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