That level of trade deficit throttles real growth in our country and continues the unfortunate path of selling out America. We are not winning the global trade war, we are losing it badly.

Kaptur won the primary with 56% of the vote while Kucinich received 40%. Committee assignments
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Agriculture Rural Development Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Defense
Subcommittee on Transportation Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies

Committee on the Budget


Caucus memberships
Congressional Arts Caucus
Congressional Ukrainian Caucus (co-chair)
Congressional Caucus on Poland
Congressional Caucus on Central and Eastern Europe
Congressional Progressive Caucus


Electoral history
In 1982 Libertarian Brian Muir also received less than one percent of the vote. In January 2007 Marcy Kaptur was the only member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to vote against funding for stem-cell research.

Serving her sixteenth term in the House of Representatives Kaptur is the dean of Ohio's congressional delegation the longest currently-serving woman in the House and the second longest-serving ever after Edith Rogers; in the Congress Marcy Kaptur is currently tied for the second longest-serving woman with Senator Barbara Boxer behind Senator Barbara Mikulski. S. She is a member of the Democratic Party.