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New Central Ohio Congressional Seat
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Mercurius
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Better Map:
http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2011/09/ohios_new_congressional_distri.htmlPosted 8 months ago # -
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Mercurius said:
Better Map:
http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2011/09/ohios_new_congressional_distri.htmlWow. Those boundaries are... different.
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BCNation
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According to the Map:
Stivers keeps UA, Marble Cliff, Hilliard, Grove City, Downtown Columbus, parts of Franklinton, Union & Madison Counties, and picks up Pickerington, Zanesville, Athens, Canal Winchester, and Logan, among placesTiberi loses Bexley, Near East Side, and Reynoldsburg (or the Franklin Co. part of it); keeps Gahanna, Westerville, Dublin, New Albany, Delaware County, picks up Richland, Morrow, and remainder of Licking County
"New Liberal" District: Worthington, Grandview, Reynoldsburg, Bexley, Whitehall, parts of the West Side, South Side, Franklinton, and Southeast Sides, North Side, OSU, Clintonville
Looks like I'll be getting a new congressman, unless I move to Dublin, Gahanna, Ne(wa)rk, Westerville, Delaware, Mt. Gilead, Mansfield, or Granville in the next 12 months.
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Former Central Ohio U.S. Representative To Run Again
September 15, 2011
by Mandie Trimble
89.7 NPR News Reporter
Former U.S. Representative Mary Jo Kilroy announced she will make another bid for Congress as the new congressional districts have been proposed.
After only one term in Congress, Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy lost her seat to Republican Steve Stivers. But now that republicans have redrawn the state’s congressional district map, Kilroy said she’ll run again. The proposed district in Franklin County is heavy with registered democratic voters which could give Kilroy an advantage at the polls.
READ MORE: http://beta.wosu.org/news/2011/09/15/former-central-ohio-u-s-congresswoman-to-run-again/
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heresthecasey
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News said:
Former Central Ohio U.S. Representative To Run Again
September 15, 2011
by Mandie Trimble
89.7 NPR News Reporter Former U.S. Representative Mary Jo Kilroy announced she will make another bid for Congress as the new congressional districts have been proposed.
After only one term in Congress, Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy lost her seat to Republican Steve Stivers. But now that republicans have redrawn the state’s congressional district map, Kilroy said she’ll run again. The proposed district in Franklin County is heavy with registered democratic voters which could give Kilroy an advantage at the polls.
READ MORE: http://beta.wosu.org/news/2011/09/15/former-central-ohio-u-s-congresswoman-to-run-again/
Blechh. Grreeeeaat.
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http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/insight/2011/09/18/a-stronger-hand.html
WASHINGTON — Central Ohio might emerge as one of the few winners in a congressional redistricting process that has caused howls of protest elsewhere in the state.
While the rest of Ohio gained a scant 1.6 percent in population between 2000 and 2010, Columbus boomed: Franklin County saw an 8.8 percent population increase during the past decade.
That’s reflected in the map. While the state loses two seats overall because of slow population growth, central Ohio would gain one new lawmaker, most likely a Democrat, after the 2012 elections.
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Mercurius
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KSquared said:
I hate that there seems to be no viable option for a third party candidate to get this seat, or any other.There isn't really even a viable option for a second party candidate to get this seat; the primary is the election. Neither Tavares or Kilroy (the two leading candidates for the new seat) really seem like leaders, innovators or even policy wonks to me. I want someone to represent me that is going to eventually go after leadership positions and can make a difference, not another Pat Tiberi - whose largest accomplishment to date in Congress is recognizing the Ohio Pooch Parade.
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Mercurius
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Longtime Congresswoman Pryce Won’t Run For New Seat
September 22, 2011
by Steve Brown
89.7 NPR News Morning Anchor
Long-time central Ohio Congresswoman Deborah Pryce says she will NOT run for a new Congressional district in Franklin County.
“Oh no,” Pryce says, laughing. “I’ve sworn it off.”
READ MORE: http://beta.wosu.org/news/2011/09/22/longtime-congresswoman-pryce-wont-run-for-new-seat/
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Mercurius
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Columbus is gaining a house seat too.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/09/23/new-district-map-could-mean-trouble-for-house-democrats.htmlSadly, looks like they combined Stinziano's and Celeste's seats. Both good reps.
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