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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.
Milligan, 599 U.S. 1 (2023), the Supreme Court of the United States held that the state's current map violates section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. § 10301) and needs to be redrawn with an additional black-majority district. The Alabama Legislature approved another map which also violated the law, but a federal court selected ...
Redistricted from the 47th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 9th district. Jeff Jacobs (Bay Village) Republican: January 3, 1983 – December 31, 1986 115th 116th: Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Retired to run for Ohio State Treasurer. [2 ...
The Ohio Redistricting Commission revives talks about legislative districts as the primary looms. Ohio Redistricting: Maps for legislative, congressional districts in limbo as primary looms Skip ...
The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe on March 3, 1803, under the later superseded state constitution of that year. In 1816, the capital was moved to Columbus, where it is located today. [1] Members are limited to four successive two-year elected terms (terms are considered successive if they are separated by less than four ...
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 ...
On Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected a new map of the state's 15 congressional districts as gerrymandered, sending the blueprint back for another try.
The Alabama Legislature did not redraw or modify their state legislative districts from 1901 until after the U.S. Supreme Court's 1964 decision in Reynolds v. Sims, in which the court ruled that state legislative districts must be roughly equal in population. The 1960 case in Gomillion v.