Politics & Government

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Throws Out House, Senate Redistricting Maps

Sewickley area districts will remain the same for now after justices ruled 4-3 Wednesday to send back the plan to the Legislative Reapportionment Commission.

It’s back to the drawing board for Pennsylvania’s five-member Legislative Reapportionment Commission.

According to the Associated Press, the state Supreme Court in a close vote Wednesday determined the new lines for Pennsylvania's 203 state House seats and 50 Senate districts are "contrary to law" and need to be redrawn.

That's precisely the argument that lawyers for several Pennsylvania voters and a top state lawmaker made to the high court on Monday during a day of appeals concerning the the commission approved in December, the Allentown Morning Call reports. 

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The Associated Press reported that the justices voted, 4-3, to send the plan back to the Legislative Reapportionment Commission, and the majority said their opinion in the case would be released later.

In the meantime, current district lines must remain in force. For the Sewickley area, this means State Rep. Mark Mustio, R-44, Moon Township, continues to represent among others, , and , three communities he lost to , R-14, Big Beaver, under the redistricting changes.

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State Rep. Rob Matzie, D-16, Ambridge will continue to represent, among others, , Bellevue, Franklin Park, and Ross, communities he lost under the plan.

State Sen. John Pippy, R-37, Moon, who yesterday announced he wouldn't , will keep Mt. Lebanon. 

No one has filed a challenge to maps of Pennsylvania's 18 congressional districts, the Morning Call reported.


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