Ohio Congressional Map

Ohio House Speaker Bob Cupp and Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman went to the U.S. Supreme Court to get the Ohio Supreme Court off their backs on gerrymandering congressional districts. But a 2019 U.S. Supreme Court decision may doom their effort to failure.

The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled the second congressional map adopted by Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission and currently in use for the 2022 election violates partisan gerrymandering prohibitions and is therefore unconstitutional.

Some of the groups challenging Republican-drawn state legislative district maps in the Ohio Supreme Court are voicing their opposition to a federal court decision that would allow Republicans to implement maps that were already ruled unconstitutional.

Franklin County Recorder Danny O'Connor announced Thursday that he is ending his campaign for Ohio's 15th Congressional district, citing the recent redistricting of the state map as his reason for dropping out of the race.

The attorney representing a group of Youngstown voters said he is preparing to file another motion arguing the Ohio Redistricting Commission violated the Voting Rights Act when drawing the new congressional district map.

The group wanted the federal court to intervene in Ohio's congressional races and block the certification of the May 3 primary results, but the court said the request exceeded the scope of the original case.

The three federal judges hearing an Ohio legislative redistricting case also heard a request on a congressional redistricting case, by opponents who say the 15-district congressional map is “unlawful.”

The 15 district map approved on March 2 was the second attempt at drawing a new congressional map.

While other groups say they'll continue to fight, the executive director of the League of Women Voters says there isn't enough time in this year's election calendar to win.

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