LaTourette must have got really mad. Still the CD has a plus 4% GOP PVI. I doubt it will flip this year assuming the Pubs put up someone competent.
I suppose that seemingly ridiculous path of Republican municipalities the GOP used to connect Cleveland and Akron in the VRA black district is looking better than ever considering going further west allowed OH-14 to scoop up some deep red suburbs in the Cuyahoga Valley. It seemed dumb at the time but might have actually saved the seat.
Actually, no matter how you drew the LaTourette seat, it was always about 3.8% to 4.1% GOP PVI. If you don't do the cut to Akron as far west as it was done, you can pick up some territory on the CD's southern boundary from the Youngstown CD, or dig a bit more into the Akron burbs. The link actually used was a surprise, because the mappers wanting to avoid cutting townships and cities (except for the cut along the lake for OH-09 in Lorain County), was a surprise. Thus the link was fatter than expected.