Ohio stands to lose a congressional seat

Ohio stands to lose a congressional seat; Texas could gain three


This makes the 2010 statewide elections all that more important, as the district lines will be redrawn after that election.

The Ohio Legislature is responsible for drawing the state’s congressional districts, while the Ohio Apportionment Board draws the state’s legislative districts.

The Ohio Legislature is assisted in drawing the state’s congressional districts by a Legislative Taskforce on Redistricting, Reapportionment, and Demographic Research. Both the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate each get to appoint three members to the taskforce, including no more than two members of the same political party and one member who must not be a member of the General Assembly.

Members of the Apportionment Board are the governor, the auditor of state, the secretary of state and two members, one Republican and one Democrat, appointed by state legislative leaders.