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Robert McColley: “In the previous map, Cincinnati was split, Toledo was split…”

Featuring: Robert McColley, Republican | Ohio State Senate, District 1

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Ohio Senate Podcast: Senator Rob McCauley Discusses Redistricting and Article 11

Published | Video Starts at 12:04

That is true. Representing those communities with somebody who can be focused on their needs and what the unique issues are to those communities. And so In the previous map, Cincinnati was split, Toledo was split, Akron was split. And what you saw in this map is a return to what I believe people voted for, is we kept those communities together. and as a result, we made those communities more likely to be represented by somebody who shares their interest and shares their goals and is going to be able to better represent them in the long run. (12:04–12:18)

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Asserts that the new map keeps Cincinnati, Toledo, and Akron together, unlike the previous map.

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