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Democrats could make huge gains in Pennsylvania Legislature under proposed new maps

By Soapbox Group
December 17, 2021
  • Pennsylvania
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By: Kate Huangpu and Angela Couloumbis

HARRISBURG — A panel of Pennsylvania’s most powerful lawmakers released new proposed maps for the state’s House and Senate districts Thursday that could dramatically alter the balance of political power in Harrisburg for the decade to come — with the advantage swinging to the Democrats.

The maps were drafted and approved by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission, a five-person panel made up of the four top legislative leaders from both parties and a nonpartisan chairperson selected by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

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