Five of Seven New House Seats Go To Red States After Census
On Monday afternoon, the U.S. Census Bureau announced state congressional reapportionment numbers for the next decade based on the 2020 census, which resulted in red states gaining 5 of 7 new seats in the House of Representatives. States gaining seats in reapportionment:Texas +2N. Carolina +1Colorado +1Oregon +1Montana +1Florida +1 States losing seats:California -1New York -1Illinois -1Michigan -1Ohio -1W. Virginia -1Pennsylvania -1 — Ian Haworth (@ighaworth) April 26, 2021 “As a result, we can now say with finality that Republicans will control the redrawing of 187 congressional districts (43 percent) — or 2.5 times as many as Democrats (who will redraw