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To: JohnM who wrote (360903)	1/22/2018 2:26:58 PM
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Pennsylvania Court Throws Out State’s Congressional Map Political Wire by Taegan Goddard The Pennsylvania Supreme Court “struck down the boundaries of the state’s 18 congressional districts, granting a major victory to plaintiffs who had contended that they were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to benefit Republicans,” the AP reports. “The order from the Democratic-controlled court gives the Republican-controlled Legislature until Feb. 9 to pass a replacement and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf until Feb. 15 to submit it to the court.” Stephen Wolf estimates that Democrats could gain several House seats with a new nonpartisan map. Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation is controlled by Republicans, 13 to 5, even though Democratic voters outnumber registered Republicans.