Thanks for the news about OH State Sen. Kristina Roegner running for Treasurer, which opens the most competitive OH state senate district, OHS-27, the area around (but not including) Akron.
Dr. Patricia Goetz got 49% of the vote challenging Roegner in 2022. Goetz is now on the Hudson, OH, City Council; in 2024 Ohio Republican gerrymanderi…
Thanks for the news about OH State Sen. Kristina Roegner running for Treasurer, which opens the most competitive OH state senate district, OHS-27, the area around (but not including) Akron.
Dr. Patricia Goetz got 49% of the vote challenging Roegner in 2022. Goetz is now on the Hudson, OH, City Council; in 2024 Ohio Republican gerrymandering cut the city of Hudson out of the middle of the state senate district.
Half the state senate district is in OH-13, Emilia Sykes’s swing US House seat.
OHS-27 has 3 nested state house seats (OHH-31, 35, 72).*
OHH-31 and 35 are 2 of the 3 most competitive R-held state house seats. In 2024, Democratic candidates in those districts got about 47% of the vote while massively outspent, respectively AJ Harris and Mark Curtis.
Strong down-ballot candidates can have reverse coattails that can help get out the vote for, among others, US House and US Senate candidates.
In short, OH-13, OHS-27, OHH-31, and OHH-35 are Super Swing Districts!
*WI also nests 99 lower house districts in 33 state senate seats, but unlike Ohio, you can tell by the number of the Assembly district the relevant state senate seat; WIS-27 Assembly seats are 79, 80, 81.
Illinois also uses consistent numbering for nesting state house districts: For example, LD-52 (Illinois uses "Legislative District" for state Senate districts) contains RD-103 and RD-104 (Illinois uses "Representative District" for state representative districts). Minnesota uses the state senate district number, followed by the letter A or B, for state house districts.
Thanks for the news about OH State Sen. Kristina Roegner running for Treasurer, which opens the most competitive OH state senate district, OHS-27, the area around (but not including) Akron.
Dr. Patricia Goetz got 49% of the vote challenging Roegner in 2022. Goetz is now on the Hudson, OH, City Council; in 2024 Ohio Republican gerrymandering cut the city of Hudson out of the middle of the state senate district.
Half the state senate district is in OH-13, Emilia Sykes’s swing US House seat.
OHS-27 has 3 nested state house seats (OHH-31, 35, 72).*
OHH-31 and 35 are 2 of the 3 most competitive R-held state house seats. In 2024, Democratic candidates in those districts got about 47% of the vote while massively outspent, respectively AJ Harris and Mark Curtis.
Strong down-ballot candidates can have reverse coattails that can help get out the vote for, among others, US House and US Senate candidates.
In short, OH-13, OHS-27, OHH-31, and OHH-35 are Super Swing Districts!
*WI also nests 99 lower house districts in 33 state senate seats, but unlike Ohio, you can tell by the number of the Assembly district the relevant state senate seat; WIS-27 Assembly seats are 79, 80, 81.
Illinois also uses consistent numbering for nesting state house districts: For example, LD-52 (Illinois uses "Legislative District" for state Senate districts) contains RD-103 and RD-104 (Illinois uses "Representative District" for state representative districts). Minnesota uses the state senate district number, followed by the letter A or B, for state house districts.