HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The new boundaries of congressional districts being imposed by Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court could boost the Democratic Party’s quest to capture control of the U.S. House in 2018’s elections.
The map of districts released on the court’s deadline day Monday unwinds bizarrely contorted districts, including one labeled “Goofy Kicking Donald Duck,” that had been held by Republicans in Philadelphia’s moderate suburbs.
The divided court appears to have drawn its own map, approved in a 4-3 vote, although some districts bear similarities to proposals submitted to the court by Democrats.
The court’s order doesn’t provide details on which counties, municipalities and wards are in each district. That has sowed confusion, including whether two candidates running to fill a vacancy in southwestern Pennsylvania would each land in a district with a Pittsburgh-area congressman.
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