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Derek Merrin wins competitive GOP primary to take on Marcy Kaptur
Former Ohio state Rep. Derek Merrin secured the Republican nomination Tuesday night to take on Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) for a second time in hopes of ousting the longtime Democrat from a red seat.
Merrin will face Kaptur, the longest tenured woman in Congress, in the November election. The Ohio legislature made the seat more Republican in a mid-decade redistricting effort passed last year. Kaptur’s seat went from having voted for President Donald Trump by 7 percentage points in 2024 to 11 percentage points in the new map drawn by the state legislature.
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Kaptur beat Merrin in 2024 by just over 2,000 votes despite Trump carrying the district. The narrow loss in a good year with Trump at the top of the ballot has Democrats confident they can beat Merrin in 2026, when the environment is likely much friendlier.