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Palmerton is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The borough's population was 5,414 at the 2010 census. [3] Palmerton is located 18.9 miles (30.4 km) northwest of Allentown and 86.6 miles (139.4 km) northwest of Philadelphia.
PA House election, 2016: Pennsylvania House, District 122 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Republican: Doyle Heffley: 16,269 59.48 Democratic: Neil Makhija 10,569 38.64 Libertarian: Matthew Schutter 514 1.88 Margin of victory 5,700 20.84 8.14 Turnout: 27,352 100
State delegation to the United States House of Representatives; Following the 2020 Census, Pennsylvania lost one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. As a result, starting with the general election of 2022, Pennsylvania sent 17 members to the house, and beginning with the general election of 2024 will have 19 electoral votes.
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 party affiliations in the party control table are obtained from state party registration figures where indicated. [7] As of 2024, a plurality of voters in California, Nevada, New Mexico, Louisiana, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maine are Democratic, while a majority of voters in Maryland and Washington DC are Democratic.
The 137th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Northampton County.It is made up of the following areas: [1] Bethlehem Township; Hanover Township (Part)
Pennsylvania is a state located in the Northeastern United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state with 13,002,700 inhabitants [1] and the 32nd-largest by land area spanning 44,742.70 square miles (115,883.1 km 2) of land. [2] Pennsylvania is divided into 67 counties and contains 2,560 municipalities.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map violated the state constitution due to partisan gerrymandering. What was the 16th district was modified to become the eleventh district , and the old third district likewise became the 16th, for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter.