June 21, 2026

What does Ohio’s U.S. House seat loss mean for the Electoral College?

Your Local Election HQ Ohio’s electoral votes in 2024 will be its fewest in 200 years by: Ben Orner Posted: Apr 28, 2021 / 05:00 AM EDT / Updated: Apr 27, 2021 / 12:45 PM EDT Sara Hays colors in Florida on a map of the United States as states are called for the electoral college on November 3, 2020 in St. Pauls, North Carolina. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images) COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio will drop from 16 congressional districts to 15 starting with the 2022 elections after slow population growth in last year’s census allowed faster-growing states in the South and West to snatch up seats in the U.S. House of Representatives from Rust Belt states. Ohio has lost the 3rd-most congressional seats since 1960, when it peaked at 24. We’ve lost at least one district in every census since, now down to 15 seats. https://t.co/en1hoTGIUB —…

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