By <\/p>\n
Matthew J. Brouillette<\/p>\n
Before Texas Republicans raised redistricting ire and before California Democrats retaliated, Pennsylvania wrote the book on how to gerrymander.<\/p>\n
In 2018 the Democrat-controlled state supreme court threw out a bipartisan congressional map that had been in place for three election cycles and unilaterally redrew congressional districts, handing Democrats a net gain of three seats in the House. <\/p>\n
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