Pennsylvania's high court issued a new congressional district map for the state's 2018 elections Monday, the latest attempt to carve out voting boundaries in time for the state's May 15 primary. Republicans said they would challenge the new boundaries in federal court this week, but did not specify what type of legal remedy they would seek or whether they would appeal to a district court of the U.S. Supreme Court. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, applauded the court's map, which he described as an "effort to remedy Pennsylvania’s unfair and unequal congressional elections." "I have stood for fairness and rejected a proposed map that was universally seen as another partisan gerrymander." The new map will not apply to the March 13 special congressional election in southwestern Pennsylvania's 18th District between Republican Rick Saccone and Democrat Conor Lamb.

Source: Fox News February 19, 2018 20:27 UTC