Many Kent residents got their first look at their new congressional district at a community conversation hosted by the League of Women Voters of Ohio and Kent Thursday night. The Ohio Redistricting Commission has until the end of the day Friday to come up with a bipartisan agreement on a congressional map for the state. The commission unveiled a map Thursday afternoon, which would push two districts more Republican and push one more Democrat.

This is the latest attempt from the commission to pass a constitutional map after a years long saga of unconstitutional maps, political fighting and gerrymandering.

The new map pushes the 13th Congressional District more Democrat, by adding Kent and Streetsboro. Currently, the district covers all of Summit County, parts of Stark County, including Ca

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