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26 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
BREAKING: States that voted for Biden lose 3 net House seats after Census count axios.com/census-apporti…
States that lose a House seat (and an electoral vote)

• California (for the first time)
• Illinois
• NY
• Mich.
• Penn.
• Ohio
• West Va.

States that gain a House seat (and electoral vote)

• Texas (x2)
• Colo.
• Fla.
• Montana
• NC
• Ore. axios.com/census-apporti…
Overall, 5 states that voted Biden lost representation, while 2 states that voted for him gained representation. axios.com/census-apporti…
A Census official said if New York had counted 89 additional people, the state would not have lost a congressional seat and Minnesota would have instead. axios.com/census-apporti…

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