Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur extends tenure as longest-serving woman in US House with election win
Associated PressCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur won another term in the U.S. House on Wednesday, after defeating a Republican state lawmaker endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump. Her victory in northwest Ohio over fourth-term state Rep. Derek Merrin allows Kaptur to continue her streak as the longest-serving woman in House history. Kaptur, 78, was viewed as among the year’s most vulnerable congressional incumbents, placing Ohio’s 9th Congressional District in the middle of a campaign battle where spending topped $23 million, according to figures compiled by OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan tracker of campaign finance data. Kaptur prevailed over Merrin, 38, who aligned a GOP faction against Republican Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens in 2023 after Merrin failed to win the speakership he had been promised in an unofficial caucus poll.
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