The potential candidates for 99 Ohio House districts and half of Ohio's 33 Senate districts filed their paperwork with local boards of elections around the state.
But the Ohio Supreme Court is still deliberating on a challenge to the latest round of approved by the , which means candidates are filing for districts that may or may not exist in the coming days.
Ohio lawmakers adjust candidate filing requirements with district maps in limbo
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Lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill to help address the problem. But it didn鈥檛 change the filing deadline. Speaker Bob Cupp (R-Lima) had said there was 鈥渘o backup plan鈥� if the Ohio Supreme Court hadn鈥檛 rolled on the maps yet.
If the district lines change, candidates will have the ability to amend their petitions, but newcomers who did not file by the deadline will not be able to jump into a race.
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