Redistricting, a resilient Democrat and a messy GOP primary collide in key race for House control

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Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman ever in Congress, has overcome a series of flawed Republican challengers. Will luck strike again as she seeks a 23rd term?

Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, in 2025.Craig Hudson / The Washington Post via Getty Images

May 1, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT

By Henry J. Gomez

Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur has had at least nine lives in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, a Toledo-area constituency that has grown more conservative over the last decade. That happened both organically, because of shifting demographics, and forcibly, because of Republican-drawn district lines.

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