Ohio Congressional Map Overturned in Win For Democrats (Corrected)

All 16 districts of Ohio’s congressional map are unconstitutional, a federal court has ruled in overturning a map that heavily favored Republican candidates over Democrats.

The Republican majority in the Ohio state legislature worked with “national Republican operatives” to gerrymander the voter map in a way that would ensure the election of 12 Republican representatives and four Democrats to Congress, Circuit Judge Karen Moore said for a three-judge panel.

“Invidious partisan intent” permeated the redistricting process in 2011, she said.

The decision is the latest in a string of state and federal courts decisions—in Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, ...