Charlie Dent resigns (in May)

[DeminPennswoods]

Dent decided not to serve out the balance of his term. I was listening to MSNBC report on it and Garrett Hawke, the congressional reporter, was going on and on about Dent being a moderate R until Hallie Jackson, I think it was, pointed out the Dent rarely voted against any bill his party put forward. Hawke had to admit that was true. Thanks, Hallie!

[sandensea]

1. "Moderate Republican" these days means they're not constantly spouting racial epithets.

Or threatening to nuke foreign countries.

[spooky3]

4. Exactly! They vary in veneer. According to 538, which posts voting

records, though, there is some difference in % of time that they vote with Trump's position (Rand Paul is by far the lowest, at around 70%). Not enough difference to truly qualify as moderates, IMHO.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Notice how MSNBC

will lurch to the Right.

[DeminPennswoods]

3. Dent is the kind of R Dems could work with to produce

bi-partisan bills, but he never bucked either the party or the leadership. He's certainly not in the same class as Jim Jordan and his ilk.

[FakeNoose]

5. How the 15th District is changed on the new map

Rough demo showing the 15th district (old) and how it's now split between the 7th, 9th and 10th Districts (new).