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12. Former U Pitt chancellor Mark Nordenberg

was chosen by the state supreme court to be the 5th member of the state legislative redistricting committee.

This committee is responsible for re-drawing the state house and state senate districts, not the congressional districts. It's 2R, 2D and and 5th member, but the Rs and Ds couldn't agree on who the 5 member should be so they asked the state supreme court to select that person. The court chose Nordenberg. Nordenberg's held various positions at state colleges and universities over the years. Hopefully he will rein in the partisan machinations of the state's Rs on this committee. Perhaps we will finally get more compact state legislative districts and undo at least some of the extreme partisan gerry-mandering introduced by former Speaker John Perzel.