Democrats Submit Maps to Supreme Court

Written by Paul Engelkemier, Managing Editor

The state Supreme Court ruled that if the legislature and Governor Tom Wolf could not agree on a new Congressional map for the state ahead of today, they would redraw the maps but allow others to submit maps and comments for their consideration.

The state House Democrats have already taken the court up on this offer, submitting their prefered map that was created just by the caucus.

“There has been no plan from the General Assembly as a whole,” state House Democratic spokesman Bill Patton told the Inquirer.

The map splits more counties and towns than the Republican map submitted to Wolf last week. The Republican plan split 15 counties and 17 towns, while the House Democratic plan splits 17 counties and 18 towns.

PoliticsPA has reached out to state Senate and House Republicans for comment on the map.

You can view the map below.

Update: State Senate Democrats submitted a map of their own to the Supreme Court. Their map splits less counties than both the GOP and House Democratic maps, splitting only 11 counties, and matches the GOP’s plan with 17 split towns.

You can view the map below.

Update: Late Thursday night, Governor Tom Wolf submitted his own map to the Supreme Court, allowing little time for analysis. His map would pit two incumbents, Congressmen Mike Kelly and Glenn Thompson against each other for the newly drawn 5th district.

February 15th, 2018 | Posted in Congress, Front Page Stories, Harrisburg, Top Stories | 52 Comments