Ohio Congressional Map

State lawmakers from both parties have released their first proposals for Ohio’s new congressional maps. On the Weekly Reporter Roundtable, we discuss the latest on Congressional redistricting in Ohio.

There are now four maps for Ohio’s Congressional districts, with the state going from 16 districts to 15 and state lawmakers drawing the maps because the redistricting commission missed last month’s deadline.

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

Ohio will lose a seat in Congress according to data from the 2020 U.S. Census released on Monday. Other states that also lost congressional seats include California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.