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Filed under: Pennsylvania | Tags: congress, Pennsylvania, politics, Todd Russell Platts
Pennsylvania’s 19th congressional district includes all of Adams and York Counties, and parts of Cumberland County. It includes Hanover, Gettysburg, Carlisle, and Mechanicsburg.
Republican Todd Russell Platts has represented the district since 2001.
Filed under: Pennsylvania | Tags: congress, Pennsylvania, politics, Tim Murphy
Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional district includes parts of Washington County, Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties. The district also winds along the western suburbs at the edge of Allegheny County, including most of the large suburban commerical center of Monroeville, and in eastern Westmoreland County. Central Westmoreland County, incluing the city of Greensburg, and the rural foothills areas of the county are located at the district’s eastern end.
Republican Tim Murphy has represented the district since 2003.
Filed under: Pennsylvania | Tags: congress, Pennsylvania, politics, Tim Holden
Pennsylvania’s 17th congressional district is located in the central part of the state, including the state capital, Harrisburg. The district was significantly redrawn after the 2000 census. It is composed of all of Dauphin County, Lebanon County, Schuylkill County, and parts of Berks County and Perry County. In addition to Harrisburg, the 17th includes the cities of Pottsville, Lebanon, and suburbs of Reading.
Berks County: TOWNSHIPS of Alsace, Bern (Districts 1 and 2), Bethel, Centre, Earl (District 1), Greenwich, Heidelberg, Jefferson, Maidencreek, Marion, Muhlenberg (Districts 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8), North Heidelberg, Oley, Ontelaunee, Penn, Perry, Pike, Richmond, Rockland, Ruscombmanor, Tilden, Tulpehocken, Upper Bern, Upper Tulpehocken, and Windsor; BOROUGHS of Bernville, Centerport, Fleetwood, Hamburg, Laureldale, Leesport, Lenhartsville, Lyons, Robesonia, Shoemakersville, Strausstown, and Womelsdorf; Dauphin County: all; Lebanon County: all; Perry County: TOWNSHIPS of Buffalo, Centre, Juniata, Miller, Oliver (all blocks except 6999 of tract 030200), Penn, Spring, Tuscarora, Watts, and Wheatfield; BOROUGHS of Bloomfield, Duncannon, New Buffalo, and Newport (District 1); Schuylkill County: all.
The District has been represented by Democrat Tim Holden since 2003.
Filed under: Pennsylvania | Tags: congress, Joe Pitts, Pennsylvania, politics
Pennsylvania’s 16th congressional district is located in the southeastern part of the state, just west of Philadelphia. Created after the 2000 Census, the district is composed of a large portion of southern Chester County, all of Lancaster County, and a sliver of Berks County, including a sliver of the city of Reading. The 16th stretches from the southwestern suburbs of Philadelphia in the east to the Susquehanna River in the west, and north to include areas around Reading.
The District has been represented by Republican Joe Pitts since 1997.
Filed under: Pennsylvania | Tags: Charles Dent, congress, Pennsylvania, politics
Pennsylvania’s Congressional Fifteenth District is located in eastern Pennsylvania, comprising all of Northampton County, and parts of Berks, Lehigh, and Montgomery Counties. The district includes the Lehigh Valley, Indian Valley and Upper Perkiomen Valley regions.
Republican Charles Dent has represented the district since 2004.
Filed under: Pennsylvania | Tags: congress, Mike Doyle, Pennsylvania, politics
Pennsylvania’s 14th congressional district includes the entire city of Pittsburgh and the suburbs such as McKeesport, Wilkinsburg, Pleasant Hills and Penn Hills.
The seat has been held by Democrat Mike Doyle since 1995.
Filed under: Pennsylvania | Tags: Allyson Schwartz, congress, Pennsylvania, politics
The 13th Congressional District of Pennsylvania is located in Southeastern Pennsylvania covering eastern Montgomery County and Northeast Philadelphia. It includes Montgomeryville, Lansdale, Horsham, Willow Grove, and Glenside.
Allyson Schwartz has represented the district since 2005.
Filed under: Pennsylvania | Tags: congress, John Murtha, Pennsylvania, politics
The 12th Pennsylvania congressional district is located in southwestern Pennsylvania. It is a heavily Gerrymandered district. It consists of all of Greene County, and parts of Allegheny, Armstrong, Cambria, Fayette, Indiana, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties.
The 12th includes all of Greene County, a highly rural region that still has a traditionally Democratic influence due to its labor leanings. In Washington county, the city of Washington, a large and Democratic edge suburb of Pittsburgh is a part of the 12th, as well as the eastern portion of the county, which includes the very Democratic former steel megacenter, the Monongahela Valley region. However, more rural western Washington County and the suburban northern portion of the county (with towns like McDonald and Canonsburg) belongs to the 18th. The western portion of Fayette County, including the city of Uniontown, a labor Democratic stronghold is part of this district, while the rural mountainous eastern portion is a part of the 9th.
The 12th District continues eastward, including southeastern and northeastern parts of Westmoreland County, including the labor Democratic city of Latrobe, while leaving the suburban western part of the county (with towns such as Murrysville) and the generally right-leaning city of Greensburg in the 18th. Portions of Somerset and Cambria Counties are also included in this district. This strip, the part of a large coal area with Democratic leanings, is Murtha’s main base. It includes his home city of Johnstown. The 12th also contains a part of Indiana County, mainly the liberal college town of Indiana.
The 12th completes its wrap around the metro Pittsburgh region by ending in the northeastern corner of the city’s suburbs, containing middle class regions such as Lower Burrell and the working class suburb of New Kensington. A portion of Armstrong County is also included in the district, including several industrial suburbs such as Freeport and Apollo.
It has been represented by Democrat John Murtha since 1974.
Filed under: Pennsylvania | Tags: congress, Paul Kanjorski, Pennsylvania, politics
Pennsylvania’s 11th congressional district is in the northeastern part of the state, including Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Dunmore, Old Forge, Pittstone, Nanticoke, Berwick, Bloomsburg, Hazelton, and East Stroudsburg.
It has been represented by Paul Kanjorski since 1985.
