Pennsylvania Republicans Lose Late Push to Block Voting Map
- Federal court judges backed redrawn congressional districts
- Panel declines to grant ‘extraordinary remedy’ of injunction
Pennsylvania Special Election Too Close To Call
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A federal court backed Pennsylvania’s redrawn congressional voting map, making it likely that borders friendlier to Democrats will be in place for the midterm election as the party seeks to retake the U.S. House.
A panel of three federal judges on Monday denied a request from eight Republican congressmen and state politicians who sought to block the implementation of the revised map, which Pennsylvania’s highest court drew up after ruling the earlier borders had been put in place to favor Republicans. The Pennsylvania court had said the previous map violated the state constitution.