English: City of Allentown from east side (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Residents in parts of the greater Lehigh Valley are going to need a new score card to keep track of who their state lawmakers are.
The state Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld new legislative boundaries for the House and Senate as more geographically compact — and less politically gerrymandered — than a previous plan the justices rejected last year.
The new map goes into effect in the 2014 election. It includes a House seat and Senate seat that are moving to the region from Allegheny County because of population declines there.
In the House, the 22nd District is moving to Allentown to reflect the city’s rising Hispanic population in its downtown and south side. That newly created Allentown seat pushes Republican Justin Simmons, who has represented those city neighborhoods since 2010, into Emmaus, Upper Milford Township and Montgomery County.
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