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However, only five of the state's 18 federal Representatives (27.78%) were Democrats. [6] On June 14, 2017, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit, alleging that the district boundaries constituted an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. [7] The case was eventually appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
The following is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Pennsylvania. The list has been updated periodically ...
Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell scheduled a special election for May 18, 2010, following the death of Representative John Murtha. On March 8, 2010, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party's Executive Committee nominated Mark Critz, Murtha's former district director. [3]
Muhlenberg (PA) George Clymer (PA) Daniel Hiester (AA) Thomas Scott (PA) Peter Muhlenberg (AA) Thomas Hartley (PA) Henry Wynkoop (PA) Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district 6th district 7th district 8th district; 2nd (1791–1793) Thomas Fitzsimmons (PA) Frederick Muhlenberg (AA) Israel Jacobs (PA) Daniel ...
Before 2019, the district was located in the southern part of the state and was a very safe seat for Republicans.According to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, in 2010 the 9th was the most Republican district in Pennsylvania (and the Industrial Midwest), then with a score of R+17.
Representative Party Years Cong ress Electoral history John Swanwick (Philadelphia)Democratic-Republican: March 4, 1795 – August 1, 1798 4th 5th: Elected in 1794.
Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district is located in southwestern Pennsylvania, which includes the entirety of Beaver County and the northwestern parts of Allegheny County not part of the 12th district.
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. [1] [2] It is the largest full-time state legislature in the country.