Mahoning Valley - The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber is urging lawmakers to keep Mahoning and Trumbull Counties in separate congressional districts as Ohio prepares for its next round of redistricting.

The Chamber argues that having two representatives means more advocates in Washington and more opportunities to bring federal resources back to the Valley.

Dr. David Cohen, a political scientist at the University of Akron, pointed out that Republicans are looking to gain congressional seats and said that merging the two counties into a single district could weaken the region’s influence.

“Ohio has 15 seats total, and in order to do that, you have to erase the lines and redraw the district lines all over the state," Cohen said, "That’s going to be particularly the case in Northeast Oh

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