Posted on 03/17/2022 8:26:17 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
His commission’s work vindicated hours earlier by judges of the state’s highest court on both sides of the aisle, University of Pittsburgh chancellor emeritus Mark Nordenberg said Wednesday evening that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to uphold the newly drawn state legislative maps — the work of his reapportionment commission — made for a “very satisfying moment.”
In an exclusive interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mr. Nordenberg, chair of the Legislative Reapportionment Commission, said after an “intense and grueling process” that included 10 months of work and a touch of partisan fury over the results, he hopes his commission’s legacy will be one that’s shared by many team members.
“I would like this effort to be remembered as one that involved a lot of hard work, with a never-shifting focus on developing a plan that would be fair for the people of Pennsylvania,” Mr. Nordenberg said, “and that while no map is perfect, this map really did achieve that goal.”
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Sadly, you’re right.
But, the house is 110-93 right now and was greater in 2016-——Are you stating that changed or simply is about the same but with minor changes?
It’s not about how many members each part of the legislature has, but rather how many D vs R districts that there are.
The House map is better for the Rats than it was, but the Senate map is a net wash.
Regardless, the House map as drawn will not ensure a D majority. It’s likely in 2022 that the GOP increases its margin on the map.
Thanks. I sure hope so, because PA goes blue, I’m moving. Living in the Northeast is bad enough, but living in the NE in a blue state is even worse.
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