COLUMBUS, Ohio—Gov. Mike DeWine has been criticized for retreating on a promise last year to push for Ohio to adopt a redistricting reform plan based on the state of Iowa’s system.

But a top Democratic lawmaker now says she doesn’t think Ohio should replace its current redistricting system with Iowa’s process, even if such a change was a realistic possibility.

“Our process looks similar to Iowa already, but we’re a different state,” said Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio, a Lakewood Democrat, told reporters Wednesday. “We’re bigger. We’re not totally focused on agriculture like they are in Iowa. I mean, they’re very small.”

In July 2024, DeWine said that if Ohio voters rejected a different redistricting reform plan on the November ballot, he would “do everything” he could to get

See Full Page