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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.
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, 2010: Pennsylvania House, District 101 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Republican: Mauree A. Gingrich: 12,768 70.33 Democratic: Patricia Stephens 3,793 20.89 Margin of victory 8,975 49.44 Turnout: 16,561 100
As of the census [3] of 2000, there were 647,435 people, 250,845 households, and 169,848 families residing in the district. The racial makeup of the district was 87.16% White, 6.05% Black or African American, 0.14% Native American, 4.05% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.32% from other races, and 1.24% from two or more races. 3.06% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
District map from the United States Census Bureau; Pennsylvania House Legislative District Maps from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission. Population Data for District 16 from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.
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.
PA House election, 2010: Pennsylvania House, District 44 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Republican: Mark Mustio: 17,347 69.85 Democratic: Ray Uhric 7,487 30.15 Margin of victory 9,860 39.7 13.7 Turnout: 24,834 100
It is also the most Republican-leaning district held by a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus based on the Cook Partisan Voting Index. The district is a mix of suburban and rural communities. It is predominantly white and middle-class. The bulk of its population is located in the ancestrally Democratic cities of Scranton and Wilkes ...