Congressional Districts

The three federal judges heard from state elections officials and the plaintiffs in the case, and state lawmakers are clearly waiting on their decision.

Members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission are laying out their arguments for why they supported or opposed the latest congressional district map.

The governor signed off on a Republican-drawn Congressional map that creates 12 out 15 districts expected to result in wins for GOP candidates.

The Ohio House is set to vote Thursday on a new Congressional district map that could give Republicans as many as 13 of Ohio's 15 total Congressional seats.

The plans from Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate vary on competitiveness and partisan splits.

Among the concerns voiced during committee hearings was the lack of information and transparency leading up to the proposals being introduced.

Anti-gerrymandering groups hope the Congressional map splits the state more fairly than the Ohio House and Senate maps approved by the redistricting commission, which are now tied up in court.

Ohio's redistricting commission continues to travel the state in search of community input on the upcoming redrawing of political maps.

Several community members testified about redistricting and gerrymandering before the Ohio Redistricting Committee at a Dayton public hearing.

Dayton Muslim organizations hold a community map drawing event to talk about redistricting and gerrymandering.

The U.S. Census Bureau won’t have official data ready for redistricting until this fall. But groups representing voters are asking Gov. Mike DeWine to get the process started now to draw legislative and congressional district maps.

The League of Women Voters of Ohio is opposing a lawsuit filed by Ohio against the decision to hold back Census data till September 30 because of the pandemic and concerns about accuracy. But the clock is already ticking on starting the process to draw new maps for Ohio’s state House and Senate districts and for the U.S. Congress.