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Ohio Supreme Court downs gerrymandered congressional map.

The Ohio Supreme Court struck down the governor's decision to approve the new state and U.S. Congressional maps. The Buckeye state will lose one congressional district. Republicans were hoping to make a power move by giving 14 districts to them and two to Democrats.

They were going to draw congressional maps that limited Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH) and Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH). Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) is making a sacrificial lamb decision to run for the U.S. Senate.

Ohio is considered more Republican thanks to Washed Up 45 winning the state by eight points.

The voters approved a measure that would establish a committee that would make a fair decision on how to draw up the state map.

In a 4-3 decision, the state court sent the maps back to the Ohio Redistricting Commission, giving the GOP-led panel 10 days to take another crack at complying with the provisions of a 2015 constitutional amendment requiring an attempt at avoiding partisan favoritism.

The Republican state chief justice Karen O'Conner provided a pivotal swing vote, joining the three Democrats in a victory for national voting rights and Democratic groups.

Ohio and other states were required to redraw their congressional maps to reflect the results of the 2020 census, under which the state lost one of its current districts due to lagging population. The plan sprinted through the state house and passed without Democratic support. It was signed by Ohio's Karen governor DeWine. 

He has a crony on the court. His son is one of those cronies who voted to keep the gerrymandered map.