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Members of Fair Districts Ohio and other progressive and voting-rights groups chant angrily at members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission following the commission's May 5, 2022, readoption of state House and Senate district maps already rejected as unconstitutional. Members of the media cluster around commission members on the dais.

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Supreme Court won’t hold state redistricting officials in contempt but tells them to draw...

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Gov. DeWine, Mayor Whaley talk to media following lunch

Governor’s race puts focus on Dayton region

Tim Ryan and J.D. Vance won their political party primaries in Ohio election for U.S. Senate on May 3, 2022. Ryan is a Democrat and Vance is a Republican.

U.S. Senate primary shows Trump’s influence ‘alive and well in Ohio’

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Nancy Heckler, from Florida, participates in the woman’s choice rally held in front of the Montgomery County Courthouse Tuesday May 3, 2022. Jim Noelker/Staff

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Gov. DeWine, Mayor Whaley talk to media following lunch

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President Joe Biden speaks Friday, May 6, 2022, at United Performance Metals in Hamilton. He spoke on the importance of American manufacturing and urged Congress to pass legislation such as the Bipartisan Innovation Act. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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In visit to Butler County, Biden calls on congress to support U.S. Innovation Act

Tim Ryan and J.D. Vance won their political party primaries in Ohio election for U.S. Senate on May 3, 2022. Ryan is a Democrat and Vance is a Republican.

U.S. Senate primary shows Trump’s influence ‘alive and well in Ohio’

President Joe Biden will visit United Performance Metals in Hamilton on Friday, May 6, 2022. He is to meet with manufacturing officials and then will call on Congress to pass the Bipartisan Innovation Act, which the White House says will create good-paying jobs, boost domestic manufacturing, and lower prices for working families. The trip is on the heels of the Biden Administration releasing $3.16 billion in funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Biden to tout $3B for jobs, infrastructure during Hamilton visit today

Members of Fair Districts Ohio and other progressive and voting-rights groups chant angrily at members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission following the commission's May 5, 2022, readoption of state House and Senate district maps already rejected as unconstitutional. Members of the media cluster around commission members on the dais.

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Redistricting commission resubmits rejected maps for state House, Senate seats

Gov. Mike DeWine announces his Strong Ohio gun bill plan Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, in Columbus. Lt. Gov. Jon Husted and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley are to his right. Photo by Laura Bischoff

DeWine, Whaley matchup will be one for history books

Tim Ryan and J.D. Vance won their political party primaries in Ohio election for U.S. Senate on May 3, 2022. Ryan is a Democrat and Vance is a Republican.

Vance and Ryan win primary for U.S. Senate seat that could change balance of power

Audience members at the Ohio Redistricting Commission meeting May 4, 2022, chant "Fair maps now!" after the commission adjourned without action.

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Prospects dim for new state House, Senate maps

U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep Tim Ryan, D-Howland Twp., speaks in Dayton during retail worker roundtable

U.S. Senate candidate Tim Ryan says he fights for working class, wants to make U.S...

Gov. Mike DeWine, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley talk to the media in this file photo.

Ohio’s race for governor pits 2 local leaders after DeWine, Whaley win

Janice James, right, cast her early ballot at the Montgomery County Board of Elections on West Third St. Thursday April 28, 2022. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Primary Election 2022: Low voter turnout predicted

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel campaigns with U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, R-TX in Kettering on April 29, 2022

Mandel advocates an end to early voting in campaign visit with Sen. Ted Cruz

The Ohio Redistricting Commission met briefly Monday morning before recessing. Their court-ordered deadline to pass Statehouse maps for a fourth time is tonight at 11:59 p.m.

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Redistricting: One more try, but time is short

$Sarah Greathouse, Montgomery County Board of Elections Deputy Director and Jeff Rezabek Montgomery County Board of Elections Director, answers questions from the media during an open house Wednesday, March 23, 2022. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Clearing up confusion about the May 3 ballot: Who’s on it and who’s not

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No Ohio income tax? Tipp City Republican introduces bill to make it happen

$Inger Marsh looks over one of the polling machines at the Montgomery County Board of Elections Wednesday March 24, 2022. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Voting early or Tuesday for Ohio’s primary election? Here’s what to know.

Democrat and U.S. Senate candidate Morgan Harper campaigns in Dayton at Courthouse Square on 4/28/22

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Ohio candidate for U.S. Senate Morgan Harper urges Democrats to look past disillusionment...

The Ohio Redistricting Commission met briefly Monday morning before recessing. Their court-ordered deadline to pass Statehouse maps for a fourth time is tonight at 11:59 p.m.

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Republicans accused of stalling redistricting process

FILE - The Ohio Statehouse is shown on Jan. 13, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. (Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

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Once again, redistricting is a waiting game

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel and retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn campaigned in Kettering on Thursday, April 21, 2022.

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Flynn campaigning for Mandel calls Trump’s endorsement of Vance ‘huge mistake’

Butler County Auditor Roger Reynolds. FILE

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Butler County GOP endorses embattled Auditor Roger Reynolds

Members of the Union County Sheriff's Office delivered a donation of unneeded body armor, including vests, plates and riot helmets for Ukraine to Ohio State Highway Patrol. CONTRIBUTED

Ohio National Guard provides armored vehicles for Ukraine

Mar 28, 2022; Wilberforce, Ohio, USA; Debate moderator Karen Kasler of Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau asks a question during Ohio’s U.S. Senate Republican Primary Debate at Central State University. Mandatory Credit: Joshua A. Bickel/Ohio Debate Commission

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PHOTOS: Ohio Republican candidates for U.S. Senate debated at Central State University

John Cranley, former mayor of Cincinnati, and Nan Whaley, former mayor of Dayton, participate in the Ohio Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Debate at the Paul Robeson Cultural & Performing Arts Center at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Meg Vogel/Ohio Debate Commission

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Whaley, Cranley take different roads to governor’s race

Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in Ohio debated at Central State University

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Ohio Republican candidates bash Biden, question 2020 election, want border fence

Congressman Warren Davidson, R-Troy, is being challenged in the May 3, 2022 GOP primary by Hamilton County Republican Phil Heimlich, a former Cincinnati councilman and Hamilton County commissioner. PROVIDED

Davidson faces Republican Heimlich in GOP 8th Congressional District race

Employees at Norwood Medical in Dayton kept rows of CNC (computer numeric controlled) machines busy on a recent afternoon. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF

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Incumbent Warren County Commissioner Tom Grossmann will face former Lebanon mayor Amy Brewer in the Republican primary election on May 3. The winner will be the GOP nominee for county commissioner in the November general election. FILE PHOTO

Warren County Commission incumbent faces longtime local mayor in GOP primary

Ohio Supreme Court rejects district maps for 4th time

Lauren Poellnitz, a process engineer at Silfex, works inside the company's facility in Springfield that is on Titus Road. That location now boast a workforce of over 500 people, surpassing original growth expectations. Mark Schmitter, Contributed.

Job creation: What would Ohio governor candidates do?

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Lorain County Fairgrounds, June 26, 2021, in Wellington, Ohio. Former President Trump is returning to Ohio to try to boost Republican candidates and turnout ahead of the May 3 primary. Trump will headline an evening rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Delaware, north of Columbus, on April 23. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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Trump returning to Ohio for GOP rally ahead of May 3 primary

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Companies owned by 5 U.S. Senate candidates in Ohio received COVID relief funds

Ohio may ban abortions once Down syndrome diagnosis made

Abortion: Where do Ohio’s governor candidates stand?

Nan Whaley, former mayor of Dayton, responds to a question in the Ohio Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Debate with John Cranley, former mayor of Cincinnati, at the Paul Robeson Cultural & Performing Arts Center at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. (Meg Vogel/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)

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PHOTOS: Democratic candidates for Ohio governor debated at Central State

Mon., Mar. 28, 2022; Wilberforce, Ohio, USA; Debatę moderator Curtis Jackson of Spectrum News acknowledges the audience at the start of Ohio’s U.S. Senate Democratic Primary Debate. Mandatory Credit: Joshua A. Bickel/Ohio Debate Commission

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PHOTOS: Ohio Democrats running for U.S. Senate debated at Central State

$Guns for sale MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Guns: Where do candidates for Ohio governor stand?

Three Democrats are vying in primary election for U.S. Senate

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Ohio Democrats running for U.S. Senate focus on helping families, adding jobs

FILE - The Ohio Statehouse is shown on Jan. 13, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. Maps of Ohio's political districts — boundaries used to determine who represents Ohioans in Washington and Columbus for up to 10 years — still aren't final, with the May 3 primary now less than three months away. The Ohio Supreme Court has invalidated one congressional map and two sets of legislative maps so far. (Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

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Free speech, other new rules for state schools pass legislature

Fairfield City Council is asking voters to approve a 9.25-mill continuing fire levy, which is Issue 2 on the May 3 primary ballot. The levy is needed because of budget increases due to added overtime costs, as the department is having difficulty finding and retaining part-time firefighters. Pictured is the Fairfield Fire Department responding to a medical call at The Waterford at Fairfield senior living community Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, in Fairfield. NICK GRAHAM/FILE

Fairfield seeks approval of 9.25-mill continuing fire levy

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New Ohio bill combines ‘Don’t Say Gay’ with teaching restrictions on race

Butler County Auditor Roger Reynolds. FILE

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Embattled Butler County auditor now unopposed in May primary

$Inger Marsh looks over one of the polling machines at the Montgomery County Board of Elections on Wednesday March 24, 2022. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Today is final day to register to vote in May 3 primary

Clark County Board of Elections' employees, including seasonal workers, perform logic and accuracy tests on voting equipment Friday morning as early voting in Ohio is slated to start on Tuesday. Hasan Karim/Staff

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Demonstrators call on the Ohio Redistricting Commission to follow the guidance of the mapmakers they hired Monday night. JORDAN LAIRD / STAFF

Redistricting in Ohio was supposed to be nonpartisan. How did it get so messed up?

Ohio lawmakers pass bills

Legislators pass bills on online sale protections, sex trafficking and medication costs

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