On a new map, Pennsylvania elects most diverse assembly ever – By Associated Press (Triblive) / Dec 26, 2022
HARRISBURG — When mapmakers reimagined the boundaries of Pennsylvania’s 253 legislative districts, they did it with an eye on the state’s growing racial and ethnic minorities, and officials say that has helped yield the most diverse incoming class of lawmakers yet.
The number of state lawmakers who are Black, Latino or of South Asian descent will rise as part of what House Democrats call the “most diverse class of freshmen legislators” in Pennsylvania history after candidates ran in this year’s election in the newly drawn map of districts.
Pennsylvania’s Legislature will remain disproportionately white, like nearly every other state’s, according to data from the National Conference of State Legislatures last gathered in 2020
But, in Pennsylvania, the once-a-decade process of redrawing district boundaries to reflect demographic trends might have had a greater impact than anywhere else on diversifying the racial and ethnic makeup of the Legislature.
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