New Legislative Boundaries Finalized

Pennsylvania's new legislative boundaries have been drawn, and finalized, using the latest Census information.

House Republican Leader Mike Turzai says five House seats were moved to reflect population shifts, not for political purposes.

“The map that’s been drawn for the state House is a strong one from a constitutional and statutory perspective. We always were looking for fairness and our number one task is to make sure that the map reflected the population changes in the Commonwealth and it does that," Turzai said in a news release. "And it also is designed to make sure that as close as possible that it's one person one vote, and we’ve adhered to that time honored legal principle."

The districts of state representatives Marty Causer, Kathy Rapp, Matt Gabler and Matt Baker, as well as Senator Joe Scarnati, all change with the new boundaries.

Causer will now have all of McKean County and parts of Potter and Warren (Mead and Sheffield townships and the borough of Clarendon). Rapp will no longer have a part of McKean County. Gabler will have Cameron County in addition to all of Elk and parts of Clearfield. Baker will have Galeton Borough and Abbott, Hector, Pike, Stewardson and West Branch townships in Potter County.

Scarnati will not have part of Warren County anymore, but will have part of Clinton County.

http://www.redistricting.state.pa.us/

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