| Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district | |||
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 (Chester County outlined in red) | |||
| Representative |
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| Population (2022) | 771,296[2] | ||
| Median household income | $98,751[3] | ||
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| Cook PVI | D+5[4] | ||
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Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district is a district in the state of Pennsylvania. It includes all of Chester County and the southeastern portion of Berks County including the city of Reading and its southeastern suburbs. The district is represented by Democrat Chrissy Houlahan, who has served in Congress since 2019. As currently drawn, the district is among the wealthiest in Pennsylvania. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional.[5]
Jim Gerlach served as the district's Representative from 2003 to 2014. In 2004 and 2006, Gerlach won re-election against fellow attorney and now Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Lois Murphy. In 2008, he successfully ran for re-election against businessman and veteran Bob Roggio. In the 2010 and 2012 elections, Gerlach defeated physician and Iraq War veteran Manan Trivedi, the Democratic nominee.
In January 2014, Gerlach announced that he would not stand for reelection to the 114th Congress. In the race to succeed Gerlach, Chester County Commissioner Ryan Costello won the Republican nomination and physician and Iraq war veteran Manan Trivedi secured the Democratic party's nomination.[6]
In February 2018, following the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's ordered redrawing of congressional districts, Costello announced he would not stand for reelection and retire at the end of the 115th Congress, leaving businessman Greg McCauley as the sole Republican candidate while the Democrats nominated Air Force veteran Chrissy Houlahan.[7] Houlahan defeated McCauley in the general election.[8]
- ^ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based) - Geography - U.S. Census Bureau". Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
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- ^ "Congressional District 6 (118th Congress), Pennsylvania" (under "Socio-Economic" header), census.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ Cohn, Nate; Bloch, Matthew; Quealy, Kevin (February 19, 2018). "The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In. We Review the Mapmakers' Choices". The Upshot. The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- ^ "Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District elections, 2014 - Ballotpedia".
- ^ Prokop, Andrew (May 16, 2018). "These 6 Pennsylvania Democratic nominees are key to the battle for House control". Vox. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
- ^ Burke, Michael (November 6, 2018). "Democrat Chrissy Houlahan elected to House in Pennsylvania". The Hill. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
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