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The Ohio Senate Districts and Ohio House Districts below reflect Ohio’s redistricted legislative maps that will be used for the 2024 election cycle and go into effect in 2025. Federal Congressional Districts (2022-2026)
Nov 8, 2022 · The new map gives Republicans an advantage in at least nine seats and gives Democrats two safe House districts in Ohio: the 3rd District, home to Columbus, and the 11th, home to Cleveland.
Jul 19, 2022 · The Ohio Supreme Court set filing deadlines for arguments related to the state's contested congressional maps that extend beyond the May 3 primary. Petitioners must file their brief by May 3 and respondents may then respond by May 20.
- Background
- District Maps
- Redistricting by Cycle
- State Legislation and Ballot Measures
- Political Impacts of Redistricting
- Recent News
- See Also
- External Links
This section includes background information on federal requirements for congressional redistricting, state legislative redistricting, state-based requirements, redistricting methods used in the 50 states, gerrymandering, and recent court decisions.
Congressional districts
1. 1.1. See also: United States congressional delegations from Ohio Ohio comprises 15 congressional districts. The table below lists Ohio's current U.S. Representatives.
State legislative maps
1. 1.1. See also: Ohio State Senate and Ohio House of Representatives Ohio comprises 33 state Senate districts and 99 state House districts. Each Senate district comprises three House districts. State senators are elected every four years in partisan elections. State representatives are elected every two years in partisan elections. To access the state legislative district maps approved during the 2020 redistricting cycle, click here.
Redistricting after the 2020 census
1. 1.1. See also: Redistricting in Ohio after the 2020 census Ohio was apportioned 15 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. This represented a net loss of one seat as compared to apportionment after the 2010 census.This section lists major events in the post-2020 census redistricting cycle in reverse chronological order. Major events include the release of apportionment data, the release of census population data, the introduction of formal map proposals, the enactment of new maps, and...
Redistricting after the 2010 census
1. 1.1. See also: Redistricting in Ohio after the 2010 census
Redistricting legislation
1. See state election laws The following is a list of recent redistricting bills that have been introduced in or passed by the Ohio state legislature. To learn more about each of these bills, click the bill title. This information is provided by BillTrack50. Note: Due to the nature of the sorting process used to generate this list, some results may not be relevant to the topic. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation pertaining to this topic has been introduced in the legislature rece...
Redistricting ballot measures
1. 1.1. See also: Redistricting measures on the ballot and List of Ohio ballot measures Ballotpedia has tracked the following ballot measure(s) relating to redistricting in Ohio. 1. Ohio Apportionment of Legislative Districts Amendment (May 1967) 2. Ohio Legislative Redistricting Amendment (May 1965) 3. Ohio Congressional District Apportionment Referendum (1915) 4. Ohio Issue 4, Redistricting Commission Initiative (2005) 5. Ohio Senatorial Reapportionment Amendment (1921) 6. Ohio Issue 2, Red...
Competitiveness
There are conflicting opinions regarding the correlation between partisan gerrymandering and electoral competitiveness. In 2012, Jennifer Clark, a political science professor at the University of Houston, said, "The redistricting process has important consequences for voters. In some states, incumbent legislators work together to protect their own seats, which produces less competition in the political system. Voters may feel as though they do not have a meaningful alternative to the incumben...
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FiveThirtyEight, "What Redistricting Looks Like In Every State"National Conference of State Legislatures, "Redistricting Process"A federal court ruling on Ohio's legislative maps took effect on May 28, 2022, which ordered maps drawn by the Ohio Redistricting Commission in February be used for the 2022 elections and set a legislative primary date of August 2.
Jan 1, 2023 · Meanwhile, Ohio’s legislative maps expired with the November 2022 election — on orders of a federal court. The Ohio Redistricting Commission will have to come back together and make new, constitutionally compliant maps in time for 2024 elections.
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Mar 8, 2022 · After the state Supreme Court struck down the GOP’s first map, Ohio Republicans passed a new map that similarly protects their incumbents and erases one Democratic district. Who benefits: Small...
