Marcy Kaptur Faces Her Toughest Race Yet
Out of touch Marcy Kaptur has “failed and failed and failed and failed” Northwest Ohio and now faces “her toughest race yet.”
“Republicans are poised to flip OH-09 red and retire out of touch, career politician Marcy Kaptur. Kaptur should go ahead and start cleaning out her office now.” – NRCC Spokesman Zach Bannon
Read more from NOTUS here or see excerpts below:
Marcy Kaptur Faces Her Toughest Race Yet After Ohio’s Republican Redistricting
NOTUS
Tyler Spence
February 10, 2026
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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.
“We are going to have to do a lot of work to introduce her and meet those voters and learn what their priorities are,” a campaign strategist told NOTUS about the new areas in Kaptur’s district, requesting anonymity to speak freely about campaign strategy.
Kaptur won by less than 3,000 votes in 2024, under the previous map. Former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown won the district by a point in a losing effort against now-Sen. Bernie Moreno.
President Donald Trump won Ohio’s 9th Congressional District by 7 points in 2024, and Republicans see Kaptur’s last slim margin of victory as a clear opportunity. The seat is one of three Democratic held seats in Ohio that the National Republican Congressional Committee has targeted, along with those held by Reps. Emilia Sykes and Greg Landsman.
“Among all members of Congress, none represent a district that favors the opposite party as much as the new OH-09 in terms of presidential margin, with President Trump winning the seat by over 10 points,” the NRCC highlighted in a document outlining targeted districts in the Buckeye State.
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