Ohio Congressional Map

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Saturday signed off on a new congressional map that favors Republicans in as many as 13 of Ohio’s 15 congressional districts. We look at Ohio’s new congressional map on our Weekly Reporter Roundtable.

Legal challenges are expected after Saturday’s signing of the first Ohio Congressional map created under a voter-approved process that was supposed to take the overt partisanship out of redistricting.

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 approved a Congressional district map on Thursday by a vote of 55-36. The map now heads to Gov. Mike DeWine. The map contains 15 districts, 12 of which heavily-favor Republicans.

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 map, which goes from 16 districts to 15 and creates only two districts that strongly favor Democrats, now heads to the Ohio House.

Senate Republicans are preparing to present a new Congressional district map Tuesday. And there's a chance the plan could get a vote out of committee on the same day.

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss Ohio's Congressional redistricting process that could actually yield more competitive races.

The committee held its first meeting on Wednesday, and it's unclear exactly what the committee will do besides hold a second meeting Friday.

Ohio House and Senate leaders are preparing to meet in order to put together a new Congressional district map.