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Jul 19, 2022 · On Jan. 14, the Ohio Supreme Court invalidated the congressional map enacted by Ohio’s Republican legislature and governor in November. In a 4-3 decision, the court ruled that the map — which made 73 percent of the state’s districts Republican-leaning — violated the partisan-fairness requirement in the state constitution considering that the GOP “generally musters no more than 55% of ...
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Ohio has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As of May 24, 2024, there are 23 Republican trifectas, 17 Democratic trifectas, and 10 divided governments where neither party holds trifecta control.
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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 No. 4, Redistricting Commission Initiative (2005) 5. Ohio Senatorial Reapportionment Amendment (1921) 6. Ohio Issue 2,...
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"May 11, 2022 · Ohio’s state legislative district maps — Ohio House and Ohio Senate districts — have been tied up in a battle for months, making it impossible to put Ohio House and Ohio Senate races on the May 3 ballot. LaRose said he anticipates Ohio lawmakers will pass legislation soon that will allow voters to cast ballots for those contests on August 2.
Mar 20, 2024 · Ohio's 13th District: Democratic Rep. Emilia Sykes will face off against former Ohio state Sen. Kevin Coughlin. Sykes, a former minority leader in the Ohio House, was unopposed in her primary ...
Section 1.02 Major v. Minor Political Parties Political parties in Ohio are either major political parties or minor political parties. 5. MAJOR PARTIES A major political party is a political party organized under the la ws of the state whose candidate for governor or nominees for presidential electors received not less than 20
