Ohio activists relaunch redistricting watchdog coalition before Congressional map is redrawn

As fights about Congressional redistricting boil over in Texas and California, advocates in Ohio are readying their defenses against districts yet to be drawn by the GOP-majority legislature.

The broad-based, left-lean Equal Districts Coalition will join forces again, it announced Thursday, with members that range from religious leaders to abortion rights and environmental activists.

Ohio was already due for a mid-decade redraw of its Congressional map because of 2018 reforms to law, but now, the state is another one national Republicans are eyeing for more friendly seats . Democrats could lose as many as three of their five seats in the state, a worst-case map for them.

Catherine Turcer, executive director of Common Cause Ohio, said the Equal Districts Coalition—which was a