Will New Census Redistricting Edge Rep. Kucinich Out of Congress?
- Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:25am by
Meredith Jessup
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According to new Census data released Tuesday, the state of Ohio stands to lose two of its 18 congressional seats as large numbers of Americans relocate from the north to the rapidly expanding sun belt states. But in addition to giving Ohio Republicans a slight edge in protecting incumbents, the new demographic data may mean an end of the road for Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a 7-term congressman whose liberal district will likely be targeted during redistricting. 
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Kucinich’s 10th congressional district is a prime candidate for elimination because it’s located in the Cleveland area, which has lost population in recent years.
“I don’t have any control over this process, so I’m not going to worry about it,” Kucinich said on Monday.
Fellow Democratic Rep. Betty Sutton’s district may also be divided because her district abuts several other Democrat-controlled areas. “Redistricting will play itself out, but I am focused on helping people in Northeast Ohio get back to work, helping small businesses get the capital they need to grow, and working to strengthen American manufacturing and the jobs that go with it,” Sutton told the Plain Dealer.
Republicans, who took over five Ohio congressional seats in November’s election, want to maximize the number of seats they retain by making the newly won districts more Republican. They must be careful how they divide Democratic districts, because putting Democratic voters into a Republican-held district makes it less Republican. When their new members are sworn in this January, Republicans will control 13 of Ohio’s 18 current seats.
“There is only so much territory to divide up, and it has to be done rather precisely,” says Steve Fought, a longtime aide to Toledo Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur. “If they get greedy and try to eliminate more than one Democratic member, they run the risk of failing to bolster the new members who are most vulnerable, like Bill Johnson, Bob Gibbs and Jim Renacci.”
Johnson, of Poland, defeated Rep. Charlie Wilson in November. Gibbs, of Lakeville, defeated Rep. Zack Space. Renacci, a former Wadworth mayor, defeated Rep. John Boccieri.
“I got 13 Republican congressmen who will be serving the state in January 2011,” says Ohio Republican Party Chairman Kevin DeWine. “From my standpoint, I care about making sure there are 13 Republican-leaning districts for them to serve in during the next election cycle. My job is to maximize Republican congressmen and Republican-held congressional seats.”
In the end, Ohio’s congressional seats will be designed by its state legislature and its governor.
According to the latest Census Bureau data, the state’s population rose by just 1.6 percent over the past decade, marking the nation’s fourth slowest state growth rate.
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Comments (111)
123abc
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 11:00amIt’s a great day to be in a RED state! Woo Hoo!
Report Post »LukeAppling
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 11:00amWe can only hope Kucinich is out. He is a rubber stamp for everything I dislike.
Report Post »JohnnyJT
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:59amHopefully this will eliminate many DemonCrat seats.
Report Post »Lotus503
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:35amMissouri is losing a seat in Congress…and I hope that they divide Emanuel Cleaver’s 5th district in two and give it to the Missouri 4th and 6th districts. Bye, bye, Manny!
Report Post »darlenekay
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:30amRep. who? I won’t miss this loser.
Report Post »dantom
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:14amThat would be nice but he has friends in outer space.
Report Post »hdiller3
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:47amGod this is great never again will I haft to shake his hand every time a patriot comes in a box like he really cares
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:42amI hope not – this dude’s a useful idiot. He makes the progressives look bad, which is good for us.
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:40amAs someone who lives in Cleveland..I can only say..THANK YOU! This is truly a great Christmas gift
Report Post »MikeinIdaho
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:35amWhat, no Kookcinich? what will we do for comic relief in the congress? Good bye to bad rubbish, I hope!
Report Post »Uncle Sambo
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:26amThe Citizens of the Northern States should sue the United Slut Government over the loss of Congressional seats to States with high populations of illegal aliens. We need to demand that illegal aliens are not counted for the purpose of appropriating congressional seats. We should send all our elected Congressional Delegates to Washington and demand that they are all seated. A legal citizen of the State of Ohio has every right to equal representation in the US House of Representatives as a citizen of the State of California. Every legal citizen of the United Slut has the right to equal representation.
Report Post »WILLIAM E.
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:17amHope he moves to Detoit. They’ll vote him back in on 1st try. They like this type !!
Report Post »JimOhio
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:42amAmen William! Kucin..grinch and his ilk have litteraly made Ohio into Detroit. We have lost 25% of our manufacturing jobs to China in the last decade. That explains a big part of the mass exodus. Now we battle with Sher..odd Brown who thinks he can bring back manufacturing by subsidizing green technology with tax dollars. They just don’t get it, and after working forty years in manufacturing, thirty of it in management, I’m weary of trying to explain it!
Report Post »Johnnyp1958
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:06amKucinich will just have to go back to his old job in the communist party
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:01amSo I guess the Census found that there were no alien spacemen living Kooksinch’s district?
Report Post »JCoolman
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:58amThe inner cities have been slaves to these progressives for decades. Its horrible. And now is a good time to start setting them free. Ousting Kucinich and others like him is a great start. Then we have to get rid of the teacher’s unions (all unions in government, for that matter). Which might be a little easier if you get rid of the people that sold their souls to the unions.
Report Post »Endstatism
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 1:44pmThe major cities will never change, most of the people who have common sense have long left cities like Cleveland, Los Angeles, Detroit, Miami and Chicago,. The only people left are the moocher class and the uber left wealthy. But I see a opportunity for learning here. Let the libs keep those financially and morally bankrupt cities as living museums of liberal failure
Report Post »Capt_Spalding
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:50amDon’t tease us! This guy is COMPLETELY worthless.
Report Post »bubba0250
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:49amAAH, The unforeseen benefits we could lose up to 12 “oustanding and honest Congressinal dinasors” in the Congress what a shame.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 2:14pmCan we have term limits?
Report Post »clockwatcher
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:46amAnother dem. who will be thrown on the trash heap of history, save some room for the black Jimmy Carter who will soon be on the same pile of trash. : ) HA HA
Report Post »starman70
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:22amWhat about OBUMMER?
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:43amTalk about Karma! This Goof Represents my district…He is great at standing in front of empty buildings and demanding they re-open The old folks Love him but he has destoyed the area starting when he was mayor of Cleveland I heard he doesn’t even live here He resides in California Imagine That Good ridence
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:52amIt is unbelieveable that a lot of people are clueless as to what this guy is. They like him because he responds when they voice a complaint to him. These are the folks that really need to wake up, before it is to late.
Report Post »God help us.
Speak without Fear
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:57amFellow Ohioan here…..and you are so right. Kookcinich……has destroyed the area. Cleveland is a scary city. How much will it take for those in that district to realize that the DEMS have destroyed that city?
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:04amIt was disturbing to me that the republican Party did not show support for Corriagan his opponet in November Something wasn’t “Right”
Report Post »starman70
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:20amLook around, not just Ohio, but ANY state where the Democtatic LIB-TARDS have ran the cities. Thay are vast wastelands, full of decaying and burned out buildings. This is the true legacy of liberalism!
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 11:45amYou are correct, they have destroyed our cities with all their “social programs”. They have destroyed the black family with “welfare”. Our inner cities are a disaster. The “problem people” are now (for some time now) moving to the suburbs. Having recentl moved back into town I know my wilfe is worried about safety.
Report Post »After 42 years of being married to a shooter, she is now learning how to use a handgun. She has found out how it helps releive inner tensions.
charles1540
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:42amThat would be to much to hope for to have this clown out!!!
Report Post »clipper@work
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:37amWonderful news for the conservative people of Ohio.
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:43amAbsolutely it is……will be so glad to get rid of that fruit loop!
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 4:47pmClipper@work, I am from Ohio and I second that.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:36amWouldn’t that be nice. That man is a nut case.
Report Post »uncivilized
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:34amYou mean, Kucinich might have to take his tinfoil hat and his lil’ redhead and go home?
Report Post »One can only hope…
DagneyT
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:39am“Little redhead”? She’s a foot taller than he is! LOL
Report Post »uncivilized
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:54amYeah, well, my 7-year-old grandson is a foot taller than he is…;-)
Report Post »TacosRule
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:20amShe? I thought lil’ Redhead was a dude in drag.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:16amHe may wind up on a street corner holding a sign: WILL WORK FOR FOOD. Of course, they will post signe like those in National Parks: DON’T FEED THE WILDLIFE!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:33amHe could always move to Massachusetts, they’ll vote for almost anyone.
Report Post »Hoosier Daddy
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:54amOr Minnesota.
Report Post »TenStrings
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:41amOr go to Alaska and start a write-in campaign
Report Post »123abc
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 11:01amDon’t leave out California. They gifted us Pelosi & Boxer. And they re-elected Brown – hahahaha!
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:31amNow wouldn’t that be an answer to prayer! Let’s get rid of the kooks, the mentally deficient, and the wastes of skin like Kucinich!
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:34amHere-Here.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:41amHey!…that is good news!…..get rid of the evil elf!!
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:42amProblem is these lib progressives always resurface somewhere else. Hate to spoil your party but it want make that much difference. Especially since the Obama Administration has officially made Congress irrelevant with the recent FCC decision on Net Neutrality.
Report Post »ADMIRAL747
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:42amLet’s hope. START vote today. Tea Partiers & 9/12ers know what to do
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tobywil2
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:44amWhat a tragedy, the lunatic fringe in Congress reduced by 1. One down, only 400 to go!
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guyperram
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:45amFor a rabid marxist Kucinech isn’t that bad a person. He has some good ideas, of course, so did Hitler.
Report Post »This is probably a story to good to be true.
Don’t worry about his future, this guy, who, among other things, bankrupted Cleveland as Mayor, now has the Golden Parachute that all our wonderful congressmen have. Are we taxpayers wonderful to take care of our Lords and Masters this way?
Dustyluv
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:03amFirst good news I have heard in a while…
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:04amLord please Hear our Prayers……………………
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:06amNow that Alan Greyson‘s gone there’s only one member of (wide definition) Congress I’d prefer to be gone more than Kucinich.
Bernie. Freaking. Sanders.
Personally, I think we need to get back to the one Rep per 30,000 people Constitutional standard… but give them the same salary allowance they have for 435 members.
Just for spits and giggles, let’s do the math on that:
The 2010 salary for rank-and-file members of the House and Senate is $174,000 per year.
435 members x $174k= $50,895,000
now, the 2010 census told us that there are 308 million people in America which would mean 10,267 Representative. The salary budget was $50,895,000, meaning $4957.14 per year, per Representative.
I’d bet an annual salary of only $5000 would ensure they GO BACK HOME AND WORK like they were originally intended to. Ya think?? lol
Report Post »time4termlimits
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:26amThat would be a wonderful gift going into a New Year….maybe redistricting can pick off a few the voters didn’t take care of…bye bye Dennis, you putz.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:45amIf he is all the things every one says then what does that say about the voters in his district? All these political rejects did not vote themselves into office. Either only the far radical left is voting or there are some of the stupidest people in the world living in his district. So which is it? How about both!
Report Post »Dale
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 11:13amoldoldtimer;
You forget acorn, community organizers, and as you said stupidity. But there are other reasons than the two you listed.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 12:39pmI stood outside this little machine elf’s office with a sign bigger than my body saying:
Kucinich is a Traitor!!
Vote Him Out!!
But it didn’t work, all the homos in Lakewood voted him back in.
So, I’m depending on Kasich to KICK HIM OUT!!
I walked in this guy’s office, and he had a big screen TV 2x the size of mine.
Something isn’t right there, not when Cleveland is taking such a hit in this economy.
Good bye Dennis the Menace!
Slide down that last razor blade bannister into that boiling alochol!
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 1:12pm@Cobra Blue.. they are TRYING to make them non effective.. it is NOT going to work.. CONGRESS is already on this and they have the courts on their side.. so it should be an interesting fight.. the FCC is NOT an elected entity..so taking the funds would do some good.. Remember those that made the rules are lawyers.. they WILL and DID leave LOOP-HOLES..
Report Post »avenger
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 6:01pmcan we be really that lucky…the morons in his district keep electing this human debris…been sucking on the gov. tit much too long…
Report Post »Strictlybusiness
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:01pm@ Sinista Mace,
Even if the sign you held was twice the size of your body, it would have ONLY been 12 inch’s tall, YOU LITTLE TROLL !
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:13pmpay back for turning against Ron Paul on auditing the fed
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:17pmHe is a jack ass
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Zorro6821
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 8:08amCall me Crazy, but I like Dennis. I believe he is an honest politician…not all libs are bad.
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