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Redistricting proposal would keep two western Massachusetts congressional seats

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill
Published November 5, 2021 at 9:37 AM EDT
malegislature.gov
Because of population growth in the eastern part of Massachusetts, the two western-most congressional districts will need to cover larger geographic areas.

WNEU political science professor Tim Vercellotti discusses redistricting

A proposal for Congressional redistricting in Massachusetts was made public this week on Beacon Hill.

The district boundaries have to be redrawn every 10 years to account for changes in population to assure each member of the states’ U.S. House delegation is representing an equal number of people.

The proposal would keep two House districts in western Massachusetts.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Tim Vercellotti, political science professor at Western New England University and director of the school’s polling institute.
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The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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