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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.
Following the 2012 elections, the 13th district changed to take in much of the territory in the former 17th district, including the city of Youngstown and areas east of Akron. It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map as an unconstitutional gerrymander. [4]
The U.S. Supreme Court discarded the district court ruling in October 2019. [7] In 2018, Ohio voters approved a ballot measure known as Issue 1, which grants the minority party oversight on redistricting, requiring 50 percent minority party approval for district maps. The process will only take place after the 2020 census and presidential election.
Interactive map: See a map of Ohio House of Representatives districts Incumbent Brett Hillyer touts conservative values, eliminating state tax Hillyer, 37, is a former Uhrichsville law director ...
The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate. The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe on March 3, 1803, under the later superseded state constitution of that year.
Ohio's 10th congressional district is represented by Representative Mike Turner . The district is based in southwestern Ohio and consists of Montgomery County, Greene County, and a portion of Clark County.The cities of Dayton, Centerville, Xenia, and Springfield are part of the district. [4]
Ohio's 4th congressional district spans sections of the central part of the state. It is currently represented by Republican Jim Jordan , the current chair of the House Judiciary Committee , who has represented the district since 2007.
Two Democrats have applied to serve as an Ohio state representative for seven months. Whoever House Democrats pick for the vacant 28th House District seat in northern Hamilton County will have a ...