Rep. Marcy Kaptur has won in competitive elections in Ohio since 1982. This one may be her toughest yet.
The 22-term lawmaker — the longest-serving woman in House history — is facing a new map this year thanks to Republican-led redistricting last fall. Ohio’s 9th Congressional District is now markedly more conservative, and Republicans are eager to flip the seat.
The district, sometimes called the “snake by the lake” given its long and thin borders along Lake Erie, now extends significantly further south intoNorthwest Ohio.