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GOP Wary of Repeating Redraw Overreach in Pa.
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jun 28, 2011 03:33am |
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| Category | News |
| News Date | Monday, June 27, 2011 09:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | New Map Months Away, But Behind-the-Scenes Jockeying Is Already Well Under Way
By Shira Toeplitz
Roll Call Staff
June 27, 2011
Republicans know they can't afford to get greedy when they redraw the Pennsylvania Congressional map this time around.
The Keystone State GOP stretched the boundaries of its House districts beyond their limits a decade ago, producing a handful of competitive seats that have traded party hands in the wave elections of recent cycles.
Even though the Pennsylvania Legislature is not expected to consider a new Congressional map until the first couple of weeks of 2012, Members of Congress are already tussling over and lobbying for the shape of their preferred districts.
Republicans' foremost goal is to shore up the 12 House seats that they already control and to use the state's single-seat loss to shrink the number of Democrats in the delegation from seven to six.
But at least one Member in a safe Republican district has already shown he's stingy when it comes to helping out his newer colleagues in more competitive districts.
Rep. Joe Pitts has been stubborn about giving up some of the Republican voters in his district so the competitive suburban Philadelphia districts to his east can be bolstered, according to multiple Pennsylvania sources familiar with the situation. One GOP source close to the process said Pitts is reluctant to give up voters in the southern part of Chester County.
"It's a problem. He's got to give," another Republican source said. |
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