Candidates in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District Make Their Case

Published on March 19, 2024

Ohio’s 9th Congressional District could be key in deciding who will control the House of Representatives next year. Voters will cast their ballot in the district—which stretches from liberal Toledo to conservative Fremont, the home of former President Rutherford B. Hayes—on March 19. The GOP candidates looking to take on 21-term Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) are real estate owner and former mayor of Napoleon, Ohio, Steve Lankenau; state Rep. Derek Merrin; and former state Rep. Craig Riedel. In an interview with The Epoch Times on March 18, Mr. Merrin labeled Ms. Kaptur, who has been in Congress since 1983, as “completely out of step with the majority of folks in northwest Ohio.”...

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