Ohio Democrats in Congress were pleased with Ohio Supreme Court rejection of a congressional map designed by the Republicans who control Ohio’s state legislature to minimize the number of seats held by Democrats and maximize their own party’s clout.
drew 12 of Ohio’s 15 congressional districts to be safe for Republicans. Just two were drawn to be safe for Democrats, with a third Democratic-leaning district that includes Akron, Medina County and parts of Cuyahoga County.
Newly-elected U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown of Warrensville Heights, who represents one of the safe Democratic seats, said she welcomed the decision. The rejected congressional map was designed to replace a politically slanted map that gave Ohio Republicans a 12-4 advantage in Congress for the decade it was in effect. Congressional maps are redrawn after every Census. Ohio lost a seat in the last redistricting round because other states had faster-growing populations, and the Republicans who controlled redistricting tried to ensure that seat would be lost by Democrats.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 14 years before he was elected to the Senate, released a statement that said the Ohio Supreme Court “listened to Ohioans and rejected State House Republican politicians’ efforts to draw partisan district lines behind closed doors that rig the system for their own political interests.
“It’s disappointing the court only shows concern about splitting Democrat counties,” said Gerber. “There’s no reason for a county as small as Holmes to be split.”
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