Co-author, Draw the Line in Ohio: How One State's Fight For Fair Maps Explains Gerrymandering in America, out now w/@prometheusbks @GlobePequot @simonschuster
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My latest via @OhioCapJournal: "Hindsight may be 20/20, but when it comes to redistricting, perhaps we need 20/30 vision. That’s because 2030 is the year that the next Census that determines congressional and state legislative apportionment will take place." ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/…
Wrote a whole book explaining it: us.amazon.com/Draw-Line-Ohio…
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We have no shortage of problems and deserve a say in who solves them. Instead, politicians draw maps to protect their jobs. They choose their voters, then call it an election.
More from my spot on @AJEnglish
#DrawTheLineInOhio
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David Beasley spent more than three decades as a Republican, serving as South Carolina’s governor. He recently announced that he’s walking away from his party as he laments a rise in toxic vitriol emanating from the GOP’s standard-bearer.
"The vitriolic language, the demeaning, divisive, degrading that has taken place, is just completely out of control, and I don't want to be associated with that," he tells @RealAmnaNawaz.
Always pay attention to what's happening in Ohio, folks. It's the nation's testing ground, for restaurants, retail, & politics - if it works in Ohio it will work anywhere. The saying "so goes Ohio, so goes the nation" is a thing for a reason. @JRultenberg and I elaborate on this in our recent book, Draw the Line in Ohio.
Learn more here: amazon.com/Draw-Line-Ohio-Ro…
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Terminate gerrymandering!
In Draw the Line in Ohio, we write about @Schwarzenegger bringing that energy to the fight for fair maps.
Pretty special to stand alongside someone who has championed this cause and endorsed our book.
Thank you for your support, Governor!
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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.
📖 Draw the Line in Ohio
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There should never be a time where we are celebrating suppressing the rights of voters.
Spoke on that and more with @politico @melmason.
#DrawtheLineinOhio
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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.
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"Even though 45% of Americans identify as independents... they don't identify the same way on a lot of issues."
On this week's @ReaganCaucusAct Podcast, we talked to @RileyTopping about the challenges of breaking out of a two-party system.
Rory Riley-Topping retweeted
"Most coalitions are supposed to be based on ideas. They're not only supposed to be based on tribal/party loyalty."
On this week's @ReaganCaucusAct podcast, we talked to @RileyTopping about political-party dysfunction.
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"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
Inside the Issues: Rory Riley Topping and Josh Rultenberg talk about their new book, "Draw the Line in Ohio: How One State's Fight for Fair Maps Explains Gerrymandering in America." @SpecNews1SoCal spectrumlocalnews.com/ca/cal…
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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
Rory Riley-Topping retweeted
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 👀
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"I think people on both sides of the aisle are frustrated with elderly lawmakers and the fact that we have people dying in office. We have vacancies. We have people taking long leaves of absence."
On this week's @ReaganCaucusAct Podcast w/ @RileyTopping, we got into term limits.
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Don't miss our newest episode with @RileyTopping!
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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!
