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Council State Representatives To Be Elected
The following is the certified number of Council of Representatives Seats by state to be elected in the upcoming January 2024 election and the number of Rail Passengers voting eligible members per state as of August 31, 2023
State | Total Memberships | Council Seats |
Alabama | 47 | 1 |
Alaska | 19 | 1 |
Arizona | 134 | 2 |
Arkansas | 29 | 1 |
California | 1185 | 13 |
Colorado | 180 | 2 |
Connecticut | 180 | 1 |
Delaware | 80 | 1 |
District of Columbia | 263 | 2 |
Florida | 404 | 5 |
Georgia | 125 | 2 |
Hawaii | 11 | 1 |
Idaho | 87 | 1 |
Illinois | 568 | 4 |
Indiana | 139 | 2 |
Iowa | 87 | 1 |
Kansas | 79 | 1 |
Kentucky | 59 | 1 |
Louisiana | 58 | 1 |
Maine | 78 | 1 |
Maryland | 476 | 3 |
Massachusetts | 510 | 3 |
Michigan | 301 | 3 |
Minnesota | 189 | 2 |
Mississippi | 37 | 1 |
Missouri | 164 | 2 |
Montana | 34 | 1 |
Nebraska | 48 | 1 |
Nevada | 36 | 1 |
New Hampshire | 71 | 1 |
New Jersey | 383 | 3 |
New Mexico | 106 | 1 |
New York | 1275 | 9 |
North Carolina | 225 | 2 |
North Dakota | 18 | 1 |
Ohio | 254 | 3 |
Oklahoma | 46 | 1 |
Oregon | 267 | 2 |
Pennsylvania | 744 | 5 |
Rhode Island | 75 | 1 |
South Carolina | 69 | 1 |
South Dakota | 11 | 1 |
Tennessee | 81 | 1 |
Texas | 322 | 6 |
Utah | 41 | 1 |
Vermont | 74 | 1 |
Virginia | 614 | 4 |
Washington | 372 | 3 |
West Virginia | 36 | 1 |
Wisconsin | 275 | 2 |
Wyoming | 9 | 1 |
10909 | 112 |
Posted October 23, 2023
"The National Association of Railroad Passengers has done yeoman work over the years and in fact if it weren’t for NARP, I'd be surprised if Amtrak were still in possession of as a large a network as they have. So they've done good work, they're very good on the factual case."
Robert Gallamore, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University and former Federal Railroad Administration official, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University
November 17, 2005, on The Leonard Lopate Show (with guest host Chris Bannon), WNYC New York.