A federal court in Ohio found that the state's congressional map is unconstitutional, striking down the map as a partisan gerrymander and ordering that a new map be drawn for the 2020 election
It's the latest in a series of states where congressional maps have been thrown out by the courts -- following Michigan's maps last week. However, the ultimate fate of the decisions in Ohio and Michigan likely depends on how the Supreme Court handles gerrymandering cases in two other states: Maryland and North Carolina.
Republicans who control the state government there currently hold 12 of the state's 16 congressional seats -- a margin they would be unlikely to maintain under new maps, since the state is competitive even though it has shifted in the GOP's favor over the last decade. The three-judge panel -- with two judges appointed by Democratic presidents and one by a Republican president -- found that Ohio's maps were drawn to favor the GOP.
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