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![The seven-member Ohio Redistricting Commission is made up of five Republicans - co-chair Speaker Bob Cupp, Gov. Mike DeWine, Auditor Keith Faber, Secretary of State Frank LaRose and Senate President Matt Huffman. There are two Democrats on the commission: co-chair Sen. Vernon Sykes (D-Akron) and House Minority Leader Emiilia Sykes (D-Akron).](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img-2114-scaled-e1632497436427-900x422.jpg)
Ohio House sends Congressional district map to DeWine
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s now up to Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) whether to sign off on a new Congressional district map that gives Republicans an advantage in… Read More
![Voter rights advocates scrutinize the Congressional district map proposed by Republican lawmakers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/download-e1637164689428-900x422.jpeg)
Ohio Senate approves new Congressional district map
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican-drawn Congressional district map is moving forward after the Senate approved the plan by a party-line vote. Senate Republican leaders say their new… Read More
![Sen. Rob McColley (R-Napoleon) presents a new Congressional district map, drawn by the Senate Republican Caucus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/redistricting-cropped-e1636042815537-900x422.jpg)
Ohio GOP lawmakers unveil Congressional map proposals
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State Republican lawmakers are introducing two proposals, one from the House and one from the Senate, for new Congressional district maps. The roll-out comes… Read More
![The seven-member Ohio Redistricting Commission is made up of five Republicans - co-chair Speaker Bob Cupp, Gov. Mike DeWine, Auditor Keith Faber, Secretary of State Frank LaRose and Senate President Matt Huffman. There are two Democrats on the commission: co-chair Sen. Vernon Sykes (D-Akron) and House Minority Leader Emiilia Sykes (D-Akron).](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img-2114-scaled-e1632497436427-900x422.jpg)
A Lawsuit Has Been Filed Over Maps That Preserve Republican Supermajorities In The Ohio House And Senate
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As expected, a lawsuit has been filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio on behalf of the League of Women Voters of… Read More
![The Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/statehouse_spring_shot_-_credit_kasler-e1557238737234-900x422.jpg)
Redistricting Commission Adopts District Maps That Appear To Retain Republican Supermajority
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Redistricting Commission has adopted an official proposal for the new state House and Senate district maps. Now leaders will go to different parts… Read More
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Hearings Allow Ohioans To Weigh In On Redistricting Process
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Now that the new Census data is out, new boundaries will be drawn for Ohio’s 99 state House districts and 33 Senate districts. That job falls… Read More
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Judges Won’t Delay Order for New Ohio Congressional Map
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The federal judges who found Ohio’s congressional map unconstitutional won’t delay their order for a new map to be drawn by June 14. Ohio’s elections chief… Read More
![Attorney General Dave Yost](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dave_yost-e1551470701969-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Files Motion To Block Court From Throwing Out Congressional Map
By: Gabe Rosenberg | WOSU
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Ohio’s Attorney General filed a motion Monday to block a federal court decision throwing out the state’s congressional map. A three-judge panel last Friday ruled that Ohio’s map is an “unconstitutional partisan… Read More
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Federal Court Throws Out Ohio’s Congressional Map
By: Gabe Rosenberg | WOSU
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A federal court has ruled that Ohio’s congressional map is an “unconstitutional partisan gerrymander” and must be redrawn by the 2020 election. In their ruling Friday, a three-judge panel from… Read More
![Demonstrators protest partisan redistricting in 2017 during oral arguments in a case out of Wisconsin.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gettyimages-857076578-e823ecae3da434661c38c40014774c8e98488af1-e1553531748982-900x422.jpg)
The Supreme Court Takes Another Look At Partisan Redistricting
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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A pivotal retirement and a new conservative majority could give the state legislatures a green light for even more partisanship when it comes to drawing political boundaries.
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Ohio’s Congressional Map in Hands of Federal Judges
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) – The future of Ohio’s congressional district map is in the hands of three federal judges. Testimony concluded Wednesday about a lawsuit charging that the GOP-controlled redistricting resulted… Read More
![Gavel leaning against a row of law books](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/AdobeStock_110666651-e1518880023556-900x422.jpeg)
Judges Refuse Ohio Request to Delay Gerrymandering Trial
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) — A three-judge panel in Cincinnati has denied a request by Ohio to delay a federal lawsuit that seeks the redrawing of congressional district lines ahead of the… Read More
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GOP’s Kasich Joins Schwarzenegger In Gerrymander Fight
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio Gov. John Kasich is joining friend and ex-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his effort to overhaul partisan political map-making that’s helped fuel their own Republican… Read More