Redistricting

Don Leonard, Brian Poindexter and Kristina Knickerbocker all unseated Republican incumbents. Ohio's map was drawn to favor Republicans in 12 races.

The organization Voters Have Choices is running ads urging people only to support Issue 8 while other groups support a "yes" vote on both issues.

Like several other states across the country, Ohio approved new congressional districts in 2025. But the state took a more balanced approach to these new lines.

These maps show that the redistricting battle President Trump initiated has so far had a particular impact on largely Black congressional districts in Republican-led states.

Rob Dorans wants a system with a mix of both 'at-large' council members elected by the whole city and district representatives that are only elected by voters within certain boundaries. The current system only has at-large council members with a district residency requirement.

Both proposals would require the nine city council members to only get votes from within their districts rather than city wide. Jonathan Beard's idea also aims to create a new district map, arguing the current map racially gerrymanders the districts to be mostly white.

Ohio was required to draw a new congressional map, and how it got approved was a surprise to many.

Here in Ohio, we will have a new map that passed unanimously, with Democrats saying it was the best of many bad options.

Here in Ohio, we will have a new map that passed unanimously, with Democrats saying it was the best of many bad options.

Many Democrats are upset with their legislative leaders after they went along with majority Republicans on a new Ohio congressional map.