Murtha's House Seat Likely To Disappear After Census

Philadelphia Inquirer:

The candidate who succeeds the late Rep. John P. Murtha (D., Pa.) in a special election this spring might not want to buy a home in Washington.

That's because demographers estimate that Pennsylvania will lose at least one seat in the decennial reapportionment of House seats among the states after the 2010 Census - and some political analysts believe the 12th District would be an easy target for state lawmakers reshuffling boundaries before the 2012 elections.

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Comments

[OneConservative]

10:27 AM on 02/19/2010

Too bad the house seat wasn't gone years ago; it would have saved tax payers Millions of dollars.

[urchinsadrift]

03:34 AM on 02/19/2010

A fitting end to the corrupt murtha legacy

[James Leo]

07:01 PM on 02/18/2010

A lot of seats are gong to disappear and a lot of new ones will re appear. Many of these new districts will be multi-ethn­ic, multi cultural not fertile grounds for the current GOP candidates­. 2012 and 2114 are going to be very interestin­g. We have been so focused on the Tea Baggers and nobody is thinking about the 2010 census and its consequenc­es.

[The Bank]

03:39 PM on 02/18/2010

The only way Dems can keep a Republican out.

[LMPE]

02:08 PM on 02/18/2010

I sure hope that Michelle Bachmann's seat does the same.