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Activists calling for a congressional map that they say will more fairly represent Ohioans met for a rally in Columbus Wednesday, with lawmakers getting ready to draw a new 15-district map.

Gov. Mike DeWine promised voters that if they rejected proposed redistricting changes last November 2024, he'd work to get a different process on the ballot.

House Speaker Matt Huffman (R-Lima) said he hadn't seen the map proposed by Ohio legislative Democrats before a press conference unveiling it on Tuesday.

The Ohio Legislature is inching closer to its first deadline for Congressional redistricting at the end of the month, and the majority caucuses have mostly been mum.

Ohio's leaders will be drawing new congressional district lines this fall, and once again citizens can submit their suggestions.

The Ohio Democratic Party is considering 鈥渆verything,鈥� from a fight in the courts to a referendum on the ballot.

As fights about redistricting boil over nationwide, advocates in Ohio are readying their defenses against districts yet to be drawn by the GOP-majority legislature.

The drama over legislative district mapmaking isn鈥檛 limited to Texas, where Republicans and Democrats are in a standoff over efforts to redraw lines. Once again, Ohio lawmakers are drawing legislative districts.

Ohio lawmakers are hashing out the final details of the biennial state budget this week. Congressional redistricting will be the next big debate in Columbus.

Gerrymandering was once again a watch word in Ohio politics this year, as lawmakers had to draw new maps to replace the ones used because of a federal court order in 2022.