PA, NY Lose Congressional Seats
Pennsylvania will lose one congressional seat in 2012 as a result of new 2010 Census figures released this morning by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
That means the state's delegation to the House of Representatives will drop from 19 to 18.
That’s the fewest number of seats the state has dropped since 1940, when the number fell by one to 33. In the 1910s and 1920s Pennsylvania had 36 congressmen. In every census since 1950, Pennsylvania has lost either two or three of its representatives in Washington.
The state Legislature and governor will have to decide over the coming year how to redraw the lines of the state's congressional districts.
Senator Joe Scarnati has been through the redistricting process before – right after he first took office on January 2, 2001.
“I was not in office very long and my whole senate district changed because of population changes,” he said.
“We get some criticism over how it’s done but certainly it’s a very public process and one that involves both branches of government,” he said.
Scarnati added that it’s “a long, drawn-out process.”
New York will lose two Congressional seats, dropping from 29 to 27.
That means the state's delegation to the House of Representatives will drop from 19 to 18.
That’s the fewest number of seats the state has dropped since 1940, when the number fell by one to 33. In the 1910s and 1920s Pennsylvania had 36 congressmen. In every census since 1950, Pennsylvania has lost either two or three of its representatives in Washington.
The state Legislature and governor will have to decide over the coming year how to redraw the lines of the state's congressional districts.
Senator Joe Scarnati has been through the redistricting process before – right after he first took office on January 2, 2001.
“I was not in office very long and my whole senate district changed because of population changes,” he said.
“We get some criticism over how it’s done but certainly it’s a very public process and one that involves both branches of government,” he said.
Scarnati added that it’s “a long, drawn-out process.”
New York will lose two Congressional seats, dropping from 29 to 27.
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