U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R., Bowling Green) would take over all of western Lucas County and parts of West and South Toledo.
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Urbana) would have to learn his way around downtown Toledo, which would become part of his sprawling district, along with the south end, north end, most of East Toledo, most of Oregon, and part of Jerusalem Township.
The bill was introduced Tuesday and discussed at a hearing of the House State Government and Elections Committee.
Miss Kaptur blasted the GOP-drawn lines as designed to protect GOP incumbents at the expense of Lucas County.
"Their map achieved one thing -- Republican incumbent protection statewide. For the first time since the Civil War, a Toledo-centered congressional district has been eliminated by the Republican Party. Since the Civil War, we [Toledo] have been at the center of a district. The most populous city in northwest Ohio has now been hacked up," Miss Kaptur said.
Noting how her district follows the Lake Erie shoreline through Lucas, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, and Cuyahoga counties, split into two pieces by Sandusky Bay, she joked, "I'm looking at used boats right now."
She said other communities in the district, all the way to Cleveland, have been "hacked up" as well.
"What a tragedy for communities in northern Ohio hurting in this economy," Miss Kaptur said.
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How do you have a city which is smaller than a single Congressional District split up into 3 districts? If people who took an interest in the city were to be the Congressional representatives, that might no be a bad thing. But Latta and Jordan couldn't give a damn about Toledo. This will not bode well for the city.
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