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Ohio is divided into 15 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives.After the 2010 census, Ohio, which up until then had 18 districts, lost two House seats due to slow population growth compared to the national average, [1] and a new map was signed into law on September 26, 2011.
Peter Thomas King (born April 5, 1944) is an American former politician and novelist who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he represented a South Shore Long Island district that includes parts of Nassau County and Suffolk County and was numbered as the 3rd and later the 2nd district.
As part of the 2010 redistricting process, it was redrawn from the previous district to stretch from Lima, to include the northwestern suburbs of Columbus, up to Tiffin and Elyria. [5] In May 2019, a panel of three federal judges ruled that Ohio's congressional district map was unconstitutional and based on gerrymandering.
Ohio's congressional map splits Delaware County, just north of Columbus, into two congressional districts. The 12th congressional district represented by Republican Rep. Troy Balderson extends ...
Current U.S. representatives from Ohio District Member (Residence) [1] Party Incumbent since CPVI (2022) [2] District map 1st: Greg Landsman : Democratic January 3, 2023 D+2: 2nd: Dave Taylor : Republican January 3, 2025 R+25: 3rd: Joyce Beatty : Democratic January 3, 2013 D+20: 4th: Jim Jordan : Republican January 3, 2007 R+20: 5th: Bob Latta
The current district lines were drawn in 2022, following the redistricting based on the 2020 census. It is currently represented by Democrat Joyce Beatty. It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map due to alleged unconstitutional gerrymandering. [4]
The court eventually rejected the legislature's maps seven times, [7] with Republican legislators threatening to impeach Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, who was the deciding vote on the maps. [8] [9] Following the age-limit retirement of O'Connor, a new Republican-majority Supreme Court ruled in favor of the legislature's maps.
The 24th congressional district of Ohio was created for the 1966 election, after the banning of at-large seats by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It replaced Ohio's at-large congressional district . It was eliminated in the redistricting following the 1970 census .