Report: Pennsylvania could lose 1 or 2 House seats
HARRISBURG (AP) – A new report says Pennsylvania could lose one, and possibly two congressional seats after the 2020 census.
Virginia-based Election Data Services, a political consulting firm, named Pennsylvania as one of nine states that stand to lose at least one seat in the House.
Pennsylvania also lost a seat after the 2010 census.
Congressional seats are apportioned based on population. A Philadelphia Inquirer analysis of census data (http://bit.ly/2hJDf3p ) shows that Pennsylvania lost nearly 7,700 residents from 2015 to 2016, its first population loss in 31 years.
Republicans hold 13 of Pennsylvania’s 18 House seats.
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Information from: The Philadelphia Inquirer, http://www.inquirer.com