Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district | |
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Boundaries beginning January 2019. Statistics below, except PVI, apply to the old boundaries. | |
Current Representative | Ryan Costello (R–West Chester) |
Distribution |
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Population (2000) | 646,221 |
Median income | 55,611 |
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Cook PVI | D+2[2] |
Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District is a congressional district in the state of Pennsylvania. It includes communities north and west of the City of Philadelphia, represented by Ryan Costello.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional. The district's boundaries will be adjusted for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter.[3]
The district's current incarnation dates from 2002. Its strange shape brought charges of gerrymandering by Democrats who argued it "looms like a dragon descending on Philadelphia from the west, splitting up towns and communities throughout Montgomery and Berks Counties."[4] The combination of very affluent suburban areas of Philadelphia and sparsely populated rural areas was possibly designed to capture Republican voters, but changes in voting patterns in southeastern Pennsylvania has made the District much more competitive. The District had a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of R+1 after the 2012 redistricting. It was rated D+4 before then.[5]
The redistricting of 2011/2012 changed it to include parts of Chester, Montgomery, Berks and Lebanon counties. The court-ordered map made the 6th a more compact district in Berks and Chester counties.[3]
Elections
Gerlach has served as the District's Representative since 2003. In 2004 and 2006, Gerlach won re-election against fellow attorney and now Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Lois Murphy. In 2008, he successfully ran for re-election against businessman and veteran Bob Roggio. In the 2010 and 2012 elections, Gerlach defeated physician and Iraq War veteran Manan Trivedi, the Democratic nominee.
In January, 2014 Gerlach announced that he would not stand for reelection to the 114th Congress. In the race to succeed Gerlach, Chester County Commissioner Ryan Costello won the Republican nomination and physician and Iraq war veteran Manan Trivedi secured the Democratic party's nomination.[6]
Year | Office | Results |
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2002 | Representative | Gerlach 51.4 - 48.6% |
2004 | President | Kerry 52 - 48% |
Representative | Gerlach 51 - 49% | |
2006 | Representative | Gerlach 50.7 - 49.3% |
2008 | President | Obama 58 - 41% |
Representative | Gerlach 52.1 - 47.9% | |
2010 | Representative | Gerlach 57.1 - 42.9% |
2012 | President | Romney 50.6 - 48.1% |
Representative | Gerlach 57.1 - 42.9% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 47.6 - 47.0% |
Representative | Costello 57.3 - 42.7% |
Geography
2003 to 2013
The district included parts of Montgomery County, Chester County, Berks County and Lehigh County. The largest cities in the district were Reading and Norristown.
2017
The following municipalities constitute the sixth district:[7]
Berks County
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Lebanon County
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Montgomery County
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List of representatives
1791–1793: One seat
District created in 1791 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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Anti-Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 | Redistricted to At-large district |
District redistricted in 1793 to Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
1795–1823: One seat, then two
District created in 1795 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
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Years | Seat A | Seat B | ||||||
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Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | ||||
4 | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 |
Democratic-Republican | [Data unknown/missing.] | Second seat added in 1813 | |||||
5 | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 |
Democratic-Republican | Redistricted to the 4th district | ||||||
6 | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 | ||||||||
7 | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | ||||||||
8 | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
Democratic-Republican | Redistricted from the 8th district | ||||||
9 | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 |
Federalist | [Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||
10 | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 | ||||||||
11 | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
Democratic-Republican | Redistricted to the 5th district | ||||||
12 | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 | ||||||||
13 | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
Democratic-Republican | Resigned | Democratic-Republican | Redistricted from the 2nd district Retired | ||||
14 | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
Democratic-Republican | Resigned to become president judge of the seventh judicial district of Pennsylvania | ||||||
15 | March 4, 1817 – February 24, 1818 | ||||||||
February 24, 1818 – March 3, 1818 |
Vacant | ||||||||
March 3, 1818 – July 6, 1818 |
Democratic-Republican | Redistricted to the 8th district | |||||||
July 6, 1818 – October 13, 1818 |
Vacant | ||||||||
October 13, 1818 – March 3, 1819 |
Democratic-Republican | Resigned | |||||||
16 | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | ||||||||
17 | March 4, 1821 – May 20, 1822 | ||||||||
May 20, 1822 – October 7, 1822 |
Vacant | ||||||||
October 7, 1822 – March 3, 1823 |
Democratic-Republican | Redistricted to the 8th district |
1823 – present: One seat
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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Jackson Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | ||
Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
Retired | |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | ||
Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
Lost re-election | |
Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
Retired | |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
Lost re-election | |
Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
Lost re-election | |
Whig | March 4, 1847 – January 16, 1848 |
Died | |
Vacant | January 17, 1848 – March 5, 1848 | ||
Democratic | March 6, 1848 – March 3, 1849 |
Retired | |
Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Anti-Lecompton Democrat | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | ||
Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | ||
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 |
Retired | |
Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
Redistricted from the 7th district
Retired | |
Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
Lost re-election | |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
Retired | |
Republican | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
Redistricted from the 7th district
Retired | |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
Retired | |
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
Lost renomination | |
Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 |
Retired | |
Republican | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897 |
Lost re-election | |
Independent Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Republican | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 | ||
Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 |
Retired | |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
Lost re-election | |
Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923 |
Redistricted to the 7th district | |
Republican | March 4, 1923 – May 31, 1932 |
Resigned to become a district court judge | |
Vacant | May 31, 1932 – November 8, 1932 | ||
Republican | November 8, 1932 – March 3, 1933 |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Redistricted from the 2nd district, Retired to run for Governor | |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 |
Lost renomination, and lost re-election under a different Party | |
Democratic | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945 |
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Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Lost re-election | |
Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959 |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate | |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 |
Redistricted to the 4th district | |
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1969 |
Redistricted from the 14th district Retired | |
Democratic | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1993 |
Retired | |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
Redistricted to the 17th district | |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2015 |
First elected in 2002 | |
Republican | January 3, 2015 – present |
First elected in 2014 |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
- ↑ "New Pennsylvania Map Is a Major Boost for Democrats". The Cook Political Report. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- 1 2 Cohn, Nate; Bloch, Matthew; Quealy, Kevin (February 19, 2018). "The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In. We Review the Mapmakers' Choices". The Upshot. The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- ↑ VIETH et al. v. JUBELIRER, PRESIDENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATE, et al., 541 U.S. 267 (United States Supreme Court 2004) (see http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=02-1580) (plurality opinion of Court holding political gerrymandering claims in the District nonjusticiable based on the lack of workable standards)
- ↑ "2012 COMPETITIVE HOUSE RACE CHART". The Cook Political Report. The Cook Political Report. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
- ↑ http://ballotpedia.org/Pennsylvania's_6th_Congressional_District_elections,_2014
- ↑ https://costello.house.gov/about/municipalities
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
External links
Coordinates: 40°03′37″N 75°38′27″W / 40.06028°N 75.64083°W