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Some of the maps proposed by the Ohio GOP this year (and rejected as unconstitutional by the Ohio Supreme Court) are close to this. I believe I read an estimate that the dems would need to average 70-30 statewide to control half the seats.

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Note: All of those unconstitutional rejections by the Ohio Supreme Court are moot. The committee ran out the clock and even though the maps were ruled unconstitutional, they are the ones that will be used. The law that forced the committee to be formed left no way for the courts to force a valid map to be used. So, even though there was a very successful anti-gerrymandering campaign in Ohio a few years ago, it ultimately didn't matter. How that came to be is another story entirely.

In Ohio we passed a state law demanding fair districts. The GOP led Ohio congress and governor repeatedly submitted districts that the courts struck down.

It went to a federal court who ruled the districts not fair but will let them stand for the 2022 elections.

The GOP ignored the rule of law, ignored the courts, and ran out the clock. They will cement their hold on the state in 2022.

The far right has been fighting a locality-by-locality state-by-state war of attrition for a long time. There's far too much focus on national elections when local and state elections can sometimes influence your life a lot more.

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