Senate District Map
The population in SE PA has grown and will continue to grow in the coming decade. Yet the preliminary Senate map doesn’t reflect the loss of population in more rural areas of the Commonwealth and the gains in urban and suburban areas. Our part of the Commonwealth will not have as much representation as our population merits. The Senate districts should better reflect the significant population shifts happening in Pennsylvania. I, for one, am tired of my vote not counting for as much as rural voter's vote. I don't need it to count more, but I do believe in one person, one vote and our entire electoral system is already too biased against urban areas and we know why that is. Second, the LRC heard extensive testimony on Pennsylvania’s fastest-growing demographic group on the need and opportunity to establish Senate districts that would enable Hispanics to elect officials from their community. The preliminary Senate map, however, splits the North Philadelphia Hispanic community into four districts: 1, 2, 3, and 5. A Voting Rights Act-compliant Hispanic-majority district can and must be established here.