Marcy Kaptur News

Incumbent Democrats Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kuinich don't have just each other to worry about as they face off in the March 6th primary.

Leaders of a new $1.8 million non-partisan super PAC say they're out to level the playing field against entrenched incumbents in Congress through a novel strategy: targeting them in primary elections.

U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich opens a campaign office in South Toledo with Robert Torres, right, and Martha Castro, center.

Around Cleveland and its West Side suburbs, a Dennis Kucinich yard sign is a pronouncement of familiarity and exuberance: "DENNIS!" scribbled rakishly in black against a bright, banana-peel yellow background.

Is it possible these days to be a new, active conservative running for Congress for the first time and not know who Andrew Breitbart is? Me, I'd reckon that an in-the-know, new candidate who claims to be conservative and a spokesman for Tea Partiers could not possibly be so isolated that he is unaware of conservative media-crusader Andrew ... (more)

Roundtable: Elizabeth Sullivan, editorial page editor, The Plain Dealer; Mike Roberts, freelance journalist; Johnathan Holifield, co-founder, The America21 Project.

For progressives and populists around the country who take an interest in Congressional races there are always a few good challengers we might hope to send to Washington.

Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain endorsed the congressional candidacy of Ohio's Samuel J. Wurzelbacher - best known as "Joe the Plumber" - during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. Cain, a former GOP presidential candidate, applauded Wurzelbacher for backing Cain's 9-9-9 economic plan , which calls ... (more)

Ninth District Congressional candidate Steve Kraus, who is vying for the Republican nomination in the March 6 primary, said Thursday that Ohio should be allowed to drill under Lake Erie for natural gas.

As the Pentagon gears up for budget cuts, much of Ohio's congressional delegation turned out Thursday to show support for maintaining military bases in Ohio, including the 180th Fighter Wing at Toledo Express Airport.

Sure, it may not look like it in Wisconsin, or Indiana, or Ohio. But the conservatives here at the annual right-wing all-star game knowns as CPAC are trying to get you out from under the thumb of your union bosses.

Washington -- Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher took to CPAC 2012 on Thursday to attempt to raise some interest and support for his campaign for Congress.

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo highlights her efforts against Wall Street and wealthy congressmen in her first television ad of the primary campaign, the campaign said Wednesday.

Here! Now! Imperative: not to be avoided: necessary. In a typical week, the show will cover not only all the big news stories, but also the stories behind the stories, or some of the less crucial but equally intriguing things happening in the world.

The presidential race has consumed most of this year's political oxygen, but a slew of testy member-versus-member House primaries is rapidly approaching.

What are people of faith and good conscience to do when the government demands that they forfeit their consciences to its decrees? On Jan.

For progressives and populists around the country who take an interest in Congressional races there are always a few good challengers we might hope to send to Washington.

There has also been a lot of attention paid to the battle for control of the Senate, particularly the high-profile matchup between Sen.

A Chrysler ad that ran during the Superbowl has sparked a rush of political rhetoric in the Democratic primary race for a redrawn congressional seat that stretches between Toledo and Cleveland.

Toledo Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur has bought roughly $90,000 worth of television ads that will start running in the Cleveland area over the next few days, her campaign says.