Ohio Rep. Kaptur is already the longest-serving woman in House history, and even though she may face a tough race, she's running for re-election.
ran afoul of voter-approved redistricting reforms. The Republican-controlled Legislature must now consider revisions, but it’s unknown if changes necessary in the Akron, Cleveland and Cincinnati areas will have consequences on Kaptur’s turf.
In a post-industrial area where signs at the city limits promise “You Will Do Better In Toledo,” Kaptur frames her case for re-election in parochial terms. The Great Lakes region, she said, deserves a dedicated representative familiar with issues like renewable energy, waterway commerce and the invasive Asian carp that threaten the fishing industry. Legislative leaders downstate in Columbus don’t do enough for Northern Ohio, she argued.
“We are at the southern edge, the warmest edge, of our continent's most valuable asset — our freshwater, the largest body of freshwater on Earth,” said Kaptur, who has proposed aRep. Marcy Kaptur chats with Rost Walker, a member of the staff at Reynolds Garden Cafe in Toledo.Trump also factors into Kaptur’s decision to run again.
Kaptur is no stranger to redistricting challenges. When she took on more rural territory in the 1990s, shethat she had “milked my first cow in public recently.” And her current district is one of the more blatant examples of gerrymandering, known as the “Snake on the Lake” when it was drawn a decade ago to force Kaptur into a primary against then-Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Cleveland — an effort to eliminate a Democratic seat.
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