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Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton spoke Monday night at the Allen County Democratic Party’s “Dinner for Democracy.” Acton told the audience that her personal and professional experiences inspired her decision to run for Ohio governor against Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. Also speaking at the event were Democratic candidates for Ohio Secretary of State, Dr. Bryan Hambley and Dr. Allison Russo. Both candidates discussed their motivations for entering the race.

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The Ohio Republican Party chair has been traveling the state to talk to voters about State Issue One. The "No On One" bus tour rolled into Lima this morning to rally Allen County GOP voters to get out and vote. State Issue One was put on by a citizens group to change the process of redistricting map drawing in Ohio from a group of elected state officials to a citizens panel that would be made up of 15 people that would draw the political boundaries for Ohio congressional, State Senate, and State House seats.

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Democrats on the Ohio Redistricting Commission are pushing hard to get a set of 10-year legislative maps passed that reflect the state's partisan breakdown. After 90 minutes of sharp back-and-forth, Republicans who control the panel voted unanimously to reject it. The drama unfolded Thursday as a court-imposed midnight deadline nears. Now late today, Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman issued a statement pinning the blame on Democrats on the redistricting commission

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Last week, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the state Senate and House maps, saying the recently drawn maps were unconstitutional under the state's anti-gerrymandering rules. The supreme court orders say the seven-member commission has until the end of day on January 24th to redraw the maps. The Ohio Supreme Court also rejected the latest congressional map on Friday and has given state lawmakers 30 days to rework that map, and if they can't, the redistricting commission has another 30 days to create a map for the 15 congressional districts.