Ohio lost a Congressional Seat

[irisblue]

Link to tweet

from the attached article--https://news.wosu.org/politics/2021-04-26/ohio-to-ohio-lose-a-congressional-seat?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
snip-"Ohio will lose a seat in Congress according to data from the 2020 U.S. Census released on Monday.

Prompted by sluggish population growth, the loss of a U.S. House seat comes as the state embarks on a new system of drawing its congressional maps, which are considered among the most gerrymandered in the nation."

{{no lie on the gerrymandering}}

[Wounded Bear]

1. They'll make sure it's a Dem seat...

[irisblue]

3. water cooler talk over the last year had it as Tim Ryans seat.

"The State GOP were, according to water cooler chatter, pre 2020, going to squeeze out Ryan.

Article on redistricting
https://www.statenews.org/post/ohios-redistricting-reforms-avoid-gerrymandering-take-shape-2021.

Ryan knew this-
https://www.vindy.com/opinion/david-skolnick/2020/11/redistricting-will-hurt-ryan/


snip-"So Republicans could be accommodating to Ryan with redistricting, and it still won’t do him any favors as his current district is quickly trending Republican and the surrounding areas are even worse for his political future."

source-my post here-https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1071&pid=6568

[Wounded Bear]

4. Probably why he's running for the Senate seat...

[irisblue]

5. I bet that was a consideration, Portmans decision to not run was unexpected

The FBI arrests for corruption of state level GOP-ers in summer 2020
(https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/07/21/ohio-bribery-case-state-official-charged-federal-prosecutors/5477862002/)

AND
and Dem PG Sittenfeld of Cinncy in fall 2020


https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2020/11/19/councilman-pg-sittenfeld-arrested-by-fbi.html
shook expectations around here

[dsc]

6. they can't

they already gerrymandered to the ends of the earth. Ryan's seat is admittedly plus 1 D but the seats around him (except for 1) are narrowly GOP. They run the risk of a dummymander if they try to get to cute.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. This does not surprise me.