Give credit where credit is due to Ohio lawmakers who worked together to come to a compromise on a redrawn Ohio Congressional district map that has its critics, but came as a bit of a surprise to those who expected something much worse.

According to the Statehouse News Bureau, Democrat lawmakers acknowledged the decision wasn’t easy — there is still anger and frustration on both sides — but Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio, D-Lakewood, called it “the best of a worst-case scenario.”

In fact, U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes, D-Akron, told the Akron Beacon Journal she was “shocked” to see a map created through bipartisan compromise that shifted her own 13th congressional district from one that would have been a “toss-up” to one that analysts say “leans Democrat.”

Of course, there are still those who believe the map, which was passed unanimously, was gerrymandered to favor Republicans. There are those angry with Democrats for not fighting harder.

But “I think throughout this process, both parties accepted the benefits and the drawbacks of a bipartisan map here in the Ohio Redistricting Commission,” Commission co-chair Rep. Brian Stewart, R-Ashville, told Statehouse News.

And he gave credit to Antonio and House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn, D-Cincinnati, for their work on the compromise.

There will probably be lawsuits and other efforts to fight the new map, which the commission agrees is likely to strengthen Republicans’ chances of winning 12 of Ohio’s 15 congressional seats, but also is the most likely to give Democrats a chance.

But for now, it is encouraging to see our elected officials in Columbus do some difficult work — together.

Their problem now is that they’ve proved to their constituents they can do that. We’ll expect nothing less from those who were elected to do their jobs for US, as more difficult work awaits.