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Sanity Claws

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2. Doesn't reapportionment based on the 2020 census have to occur before we know who will lose a seat?

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

Sun Mar 7, 2021, 05:05 PM

Mar 2021

We probably can figure out whether a state has lost or gained a seat or two but the districts could be redrawn in ways other than what you predicted, right?

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US House Members that will lose their seat due to reapportionment. [View all] nkpolitics1212 Mar 2021 OP

Thanks. OH-Ryan is thinking of running for Portman's Senate seat. spooky3 Mar 2021 #1

OH-13 which is the district Ryan currently district is the district that is likely to get eliminated nkpolitics1212 Mar 2021 #4

I understand what you are saying, but I am making a different point. spooky3 Mar 2021 #6

Whoever lives in the current OH-13 that wants to be in the US House has to decide- nkpolitics1212 Mar 2021 #7

Doesn't reapportionment based on the 2020 census have to occur before we know who will lose a seat? Sanity Claws Mar 2021 #2

Help this dummy understand, are districts rainy Mar 2021 #3

US Census decides how many US Congressional District each state has. nkpolitics1212 Mar 2021 #5

If WV loses a seat, it all depends on how the remaining two districts are split... k8conant Mar 2021 #8

I picked WV-2 because it is the central part of the state. 1/2 of WV-2 will go to WV-1.(North) nkpolitics1212 Mar 2021 #9

It could go east-west, I suppose... k8conant Mar 2021 #10