Ohioans Deserve a Fair, Bipartisan Congressional Map After Weeks of Delay Awaiting Ohio Redistricting Commission

COLUMBUS — Ohio House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati) today released the following statement concerning the long-awaited announcement that the Ohio Redistricting Commission has been called to convene:

“We are halfway through the month of October, and while the Ohio Redistricting Commission has finally been called, we have just over two weeks to fulfill our constitutional obligation to deliver a fair, bipartisan congressional map,” said Leader Isaacsohn. “Ohio Democrats have been ready for months with a fair, constitutional, and public proposal. Republicans are running out the clock to jam a gerrymandered 13-2 map that eliminates Ohioans ability to vote on Republicans’ record of higher costs and broken promises. Ohioans deserve better than political games that hurt families’ budgets.”

Because the Republican-controlled General Assembly failed to pass a proposal ahead of the September 30th deadline, the Ohio Redistricting Commission is now constitutionally required to convene during the month of October, hold public hearings, and pass a bipartisan congressional map that accurately represents Ohio’s electorate.

At the beginning of October, House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn and Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) sent a letter to Governor Mike DeWine asking him to reconstitute the Ohio Redistricting Commission within the first 7 days to start the process to fulfill its constitutional obligation to produce a fair, bipartisan congressional map. The full letter can be found here.