Ohio House of Representatives District 34

Ohio House of Representatives District 34 is represented by Casey Weinstein (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Ohio state representatives represented an average of 119,281 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 116,853 residents.

About the office

Members of the Ohio House of Representatives serve two-year terms with term limits.^[1] Representatives may serve no more than four consecutive terms. Ohio legislators assume office the first day of January after a general election.^[2]^[3]

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

Article 2, Section 3 of the Ohio Constitution states: "Senators and representatives shall have resided in their respective districts one year next preceding their election, unless they shall have been absent on the public business of the United States, or of this State."^[4]

Article 2, Section 5 of the Ohio Constitution states: "No person hereafter convicted of an embezzlement of the public funds, shall hold any office in this state; nor shall any person, holding public money for disbursement, or otherwise, have a seat in the general assembly, until he shall have accounted for, and paid such money into the treasury."^[5]

Salaries

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries

State legislative salaries, 2023
Salary	Per diem
$69,876/year	No per diem is paid.

Term limits

See also: State legislatures with term limits

The Ohio legislature is one of 16 state legislatures with term limits. Voters enacted the Ohio Term Limits Act in 1992. That initiative limited Ohio representatives to no more than four two-year terms, or a total of eight years.^[6]

The first year that term limits were enacted was in 1992, and the first year that term limits impacted the ability of incumbents to run for office was in 2000.

Vacancies

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in the Ohio General Assembly, the vacancy must be filled by an election conducted by the members of the legislative house where the vacancy happened who are members of the party that last held the seat. A simple majority vote is needed in order to approve a replacement.^[7]

See sources: Ohio Const. Art. 2, Sec. 11

District map

The map below shows this district's current boundaries, not those adopted for the 2024 election cycle. To compare the map before redistricting with the one used for the 2024 elections, click here.

Redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Wisconsin

In Wisconsin, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Wisconsin State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.^[8]

The Wisconsin Constitution requires that state legislative districts be compact and "that they be bounded by county, precinct, town, or ward lines where possible." The state constitution further stipulates that state legislative districts should be contiguous.^[8]

2020-2023

See also: Redistricting in Ohio after the 2020 census

On September 23, 2023, the Ohio state legislature adopted new legislative maps.^[9] These maps were upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court on November 27, 2023.^[10]

State Senate

Below is the state Senate map in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle. The map on the right was in effect for Ohio’s 2024 state legislative elections.

Ohio State Senate Districts
until December 31, 2022

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Ohio State Senate Districts
starting January 1, 2023

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State House of Representatives

Below is the state House map in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle. The map on the right was in effect for Ohio’s 2024 state legislative elections.

Ohio State House Districts
until December 31, 2022

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Ohio State House Districts
starting January 1, 2023

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State legislative maps enacted in 2021-2022

A federal court ruling on Ohio's legislative maps took effect on May 28, 2022, which ordered maps drawn by the Ohio Redistricting Commission in February be used for the 2022 elections and set a legislative primary date of August 2.^[11] These maps took effect for Ohio's 2022 state legislative elections.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission approved new state legislative district maps by a 5-2 vote on September 16, 2021. The two Democratic members of the commission, state Rep. Emilia Sykes (D) and state Sen. Vernon Sykes (D), dissented.^[12] Senate President Matt Huffman (R), a member of the commission, estimated that the new maps would create 62 Republican seats and 37 Democratic seats in the House, and 23 Republican seats and 10 Democratic seats in the Senate. Cleveland.com reported that Democrats on the commission agreed with Huffman's Senate estimates, but said the new House map would create 65 Republican seats and 34 Democratic seats.^[12]

On January 12, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled against the state's enacted legislative maps, ordering the Ohio Redistricting Commission to redraw them within 10 days.^[13] The commission voted to approve a new set of maps in a 5-2 vote on January 22. Click here to view the House map, and click here to view the Senate map.

On February 7, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the state's redrawn legislative maps and ordered the Ohio Redistricting Commission to submit new maps.^[14]^[15] The commission did not meet the February 17 deadline.^[16] On February 24, the Ohio Redistricting Commission voted 4-3 to approve new legislative maps. The maps can be viewed here. State Auditor Keith Faber (R) joined the two Democratic members of the commission in voting against the maps.^[17]

On March 7, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected redrawn legislative maps and ordered the Ohio Redistricting Commission to draw new maps by March 28.^[18] On March 22, the commission agreed to appoint two independent consultants to assist in the map-making process.^[19] State Sen. Vernon Sykes (D) nominated University of Florida political science professor Michael McDonald and state Rep. Bob Cupp (R) nominated National Demographics Corporation president Douglas Johnson.^[20] On March 28, the Ohio Redistricting Commission approved new state legislative district boundaries in a 4-3 vote. DeWine, La Rose, Huffman, and Cupp voted to approve the new boundaries, and Russo, Sykes, and Faber voted against.^[21] The commission approved maps it had drawn, since the Senate map drawn by the independent consultants was not complete at the time of the vote.^[22] Click here to view the maps.

On April 14, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the Ohio Redistricting Commission's legislative maps for the fourth time and ordered the commission to redraw the maps by May 6.^[23] On May 5, the commission voted 4-3 to resubmit legislative maps it had previously submitted to the court on February 24.^[24] DeWine, La Rose, Huffman, and Cupp voted to approve the boundaries, and Russo, Sykes, and Faber voted against.^[24] The Ohio Supreme Court struck down the maps on May 25 and ordered the commission to redraw them by June 3.^[25]

The maps can be viewed here.

Reactions to 2021-2022 state legislative maps

A statement from the commission explaining the manner by which districts were allocated said: "The Commission considered statewide state and federal partisan general election results during the last ten years. There were sixteen such contests. When considering the results of each of those elections, the Commission determined that Republican candidates won thirteen out of sixteen of those elections. [...] Accordingly, the statewide proportion of districts whose voters favor each political party corresponds closely to the statewide preferences of the voters of Ohio."^[26]

Following the enactment of the maps, Huffman released a statement saying: “These house and senate maps will be in place for the next four years, and represent an important first step towards approving the next map that will complete the decade. [...] I’m convinced we could’ve reached a ten-year map. However, special interests pressured democrats to not support it, asking voters to extend the deadline to accomplish that.”^[27]

Leading up to the vote, Emilia Sykes disapproved of the maps saying they were overly partisan and she would “call it offensive and plain wrong to move forward this map [...] to put forth something that so arrogantly flies in the face of what people, our voters, asked us to do, not once, but twice.”^[12]

Commission members Gov. Mike DeWine (R) and Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) expressed disapproval of the maps and said they expected court challenges to follow their vote. DeWine said: “Along with the secretary of state I will vote to send this matter forward but it will not be the end of it. We know that this matter will be in court. [...] What I am sure in my heart is that this committee could have come up with a bill that was much more clearly constitutional.”^[28]

Elections

2024

General election

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General election for Ohio House of Representatives District 34

Derrick Hall and Adam Bozic are running in the general election for Ohio House of Representatives District 34 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Derrick Hall (D)
		Adam Bozic (R)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 34

Derrick Hall defeated Nathan Jarosz and Dina Edwards in the Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 34 on March 19, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Derrick Hall	38.4	3,035
	Nathan Jarosz	31.3	2,475
	Dina Edwards	30.3	2,390

	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 7,900
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 34

Adam Bozic advanced from the Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 34 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adam Bozic	100.0	7,396

	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 7,396
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