📕 Co-author, Draw The Line In Ohio: How One State’s Fight For Fair Maps Explains Gerrymandering In America @prometheusbks @GlobePequot @simonschuster
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Four years of work led to this night.
@RileyTopping and I launched Draw the Line in Ohio at @PoliticsProse with @LACaldwellDC, surrounded by family and friends, including many who traveled to D.C. just to be there.
Hard to put into words how special this was.
Grateful! đź“•
Back where it all started.
I’m heading home to @TempleUniv to talk about Draw the Line in Ohio. This is the place that shaped me and I can’t wait to share the story behind the book with the people who helped me get there. Hope to see you there.
#TempleMade
Fighting fire with fire won’t fix #gerrymandering. It burns the whole house down.
I spoke with @SpectrumNews1OH @Harri_Leigh about Ohio’s congressional maps and why voters’ rights remain at stake, regardless of which party “wins” the midterms.
đź“– Draw the Line in Ohio
Josh Rultenberg retweeted
#NEW: Professor Christian Grose (@christiangrose) has launched the Democracy and Fair Elections Lab at USC.
The lab will focus on nonpartisan, evidence-based quantitative analysis of redistricting, election administration, voting rights, and democratic representation. Check it out here: @uscdfelab.
thedemocracylab.com/
Gerrymandering’s real stakes: voters’ voices.
@RileyTopping and I joined @amritsingh on @SpecNews1SoCal to discuss what Ohio’s fight over fair maps reveals about America.
đź“– Draw the Line in Ohio
There should never be a time where we are celebrating suppressing the rights of voters.
Spoke on that and more with @politico @melmason.
#DrawtheLineinOhio
Josh Rultenberg retweeted
ICYMI, on last week's @ReaganCaucusAct Podcast, we talked to legal analyst @RileyTopping, co-author of Draw the Line in Ohio, about the midterm elections, gerrymandering, and the possibility of a viable third party.
youtube.com/watch?v=GsAU8sR2…
Josh Rultenberg retweeted
"Hearings lately have devolved into everybody trying to have their viral moment. I think of the [Eric Schmitt moment]... As a former staffer, I'm like so horrified... My boss used to say to me that my number one job was not to make him look stupid." —@RileyTopping
Josh Rultenberg retweeted
Rory Riley Topping and Josh Rultenberg, the authors of “Draw the Line in Ohio,” are on a mission to break down gerrymandering for a wider audience, one “get in, loser” at a time. ow.ly/eTnT50ZTc7g
We wrote Draw the Line in Ohio, but lines in any state have reverberations around the country. That was the theme of our west coast tour. #gerrymandering anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Thanks @uscdfelab @GovArnoldUSC @politico @spectrumnewsca
More to come đź‘€
Josh Rultenberg retweeted
Great event this week on a new book on Ohio redistricting with authors @RileyTopping & @JRultenberg. Read it for first-hand account of elected officials who refused to follow court orders in redistricting, among other machinations. xitter.cf/uscdfelab/status/21100…
Hosted @USC DFE Lab's first event of fall 2026 with @RileyTopping & @JRultenberg talking about how Ohio was ground zero for partisan redistricting warfare, despite efforts to reform. Great turnout, fantastic questions, and free books for all attendees!
Josh Rultenberg retweeted
"What's unique about the governor's race and the senate race in Ohio right now is... Democrats finally ran candidates that made sense for the state."
On the @ReaganCaucusAct Podcast, we asked @RileyTopping how a state Trump won by double-digits is looking so bad for the GOP.
Josh Rultenberg retweeted
From @USC Democracy and Fair Elections Lab event about new book, Draw the Line in Ohio. Author @JRultenberg explains how a politician-led commission refused to change a redistricting map even after a court decision, and went forum-shopping instead. Implications for mid-decade redistricting wars.
Thank you for having us!
Hosted @USC DFE Lab's first event of fall 2026 with @RileyTopping & @JRultenberg talking about how Ohio was ground zero for partisan redistricting warfare, despite efforts to reform. Great turnout, fantastic questions, and free books for all attendees!
Josh Rultenberg retweeted
A brand new episode of the @ReaganCaucusAct Podcast is online! @CVernonSmith and I talked to legal analyst @RileyTopping, co-author of Draw the Line in Ohio, about the midterm elections, gerrymandering, and the possibility of a viable third party. (link below) @Principles_1st
Really looking forward to this on Monday!
Join the @uscdfelab for this book-signing event with authors @RileyTopping & @JRultenberg at @USC this Monday at 10am! Register here: eventbrite.com/e/in-conversa…
Josh Rultenberg retweeted
Join the @uscdfelab for this book-signing event with authors @RileyTopping & @JRultenberg at @USC this Monday at 10am! Register here: eventbrite.com/e/in-conversa…
Great evening at @rjjulia in Madison, CT!
@RileyTopping and I enjoyed talking about Draw the Line in Ohio, the fight for fair maps, and why gerrymandering matters to voters everywhere.
Thanks to everyone who joined us for a thoughtful conversation and to RJ Julia for hosting!
