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Citizens Groups Commend New State Electoral Maps for Fairer Distribution of Power

A map of the 2022 Pennsylvania House of Representatives District
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A map of the 2022 Pennsylvania House of Representatives District

Pennsylvania citizen groups are celebrating what will likely be the first evenly divided House of Representatives in more than a decade. As WITF’s Sam Dunklau reports, they’re giving newly-drawn state political maps part of the credit.

Read the full story at: https://www.witf.org/2022/11/11/the-balance-of-power-is-shifting-in-the-pa-house-citizen-groups-say-thats-good-for-democracy/

(Original air-date: 11/14/22)

Sam Dunklau is the Capitol Bureau Chief for WITF. He previously covered Illinois state government for NPR member station WUIS in Springfield, IL.