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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Veterans: Large Vietnam-era veteran population (14,185), plus Gulf War-era veterans
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Public transit commuting share: 0.8%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median age: 40.5
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Unemployment rate: 5.4%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population: 3.1% (24.2k)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 7.65% (59.8k)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black or African American population share: 11.9% (90.9k)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 76.5% (583k)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population: 781,702 (2024)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median rent: $920
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median property value: $174,200
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.7%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 67.9%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 10.5% (ACS 5-Year); 14.8% (Data USA 2024, broader measure)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $66,739 (2024)
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Ohio Issue 2 — Marijuana Legalization Initiative (November 2023) (2023) — passed, margin 57.0% to 43.0%
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Ohio Issue 1 — Reproductive Freedom Amendment (November 2023) (2023) — passed, margin 56.6% to 43.4%
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 - Retail Trade (share 0.113)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.157)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 - Manufacturing (share 0.184)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Owens Corning (Toledo headquarters) (3000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Stellantis (Fiat Chrysler) — Toledo Assembly Complex (5000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Whirlpool Corporation (Clyde, NW Ohio) (6182 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Mercy Health (Toledo/Lucas County) (8800 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: ProMedica Health System (Toledo headquarters) (15000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Ohio's 9th Congressional District extends from Toledo along the Lake Erie shoreline through Ottawa and Erie counties, encompassing parts of Lucas, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Sandusky, and Williams counties. With approximately 782,000 residents, it is a legacy Democratic seat that has become highly competitive (Cook PVI D+1, with a +13 Republican shift). Kaptur has represented this district since 1983, making her the longest-serving woman in congressional history. The district is anchored by Toledo's manufacturing-based economy (18.4% of employment), healthcare (ProMedica, Mercy Health), and agriculture. The median household income of $66,739 is below the national average, and the poverty rate is 10.5% (Data USA reports 14.8%). The population is 76.5% White, 11.9% Black, and 7.65% Hispanic, with only 3.1% foreign-born. This is an economic-security district where industrial policy, trade enforcement, and healthcare access drive voter behavior more than national ideological polarization.
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Voted nay on H.J.Res. 2 (Proposing a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — On Passage) on 2018-04-12: Kaptur opposed the Balanced Budget Amendment, stating during floor debate that it would 'force huge cuts to bedrock government programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.' Her AFL-CIO scorecard marked the vote as 'Right' (with working people). The vote aligned with labor union interests (her top donor sector) but her public framing — framing a Nay vote as protecting Social Security and Medicare — illustrated the tension between fiscal conservatism rhetoric and progressive spending priorities.
Date: 2018-04-12
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Voted nay on H.R. 7147 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 — On Passage) on 2026-01-22: Kaptur voted against DHS/ICE funding, stating ICE operations were 'illegal and un-American.' Only 7 Democrats joined Republicans to pass the bill 220-207. Her vote aligned with progressive calls to restrain ICE, in contrast to her earlier Laken Riley Act vote expanding ICE enforcement authority. Her district has a large veteran population (Vietnam-era veterans are the largest cohort) and includes Selfridge Air National Guard Base and Coast Guard stations on Lake Erie — DHS funding affects more than just ICE. Her union donors (Transportation Unions, $744,717) have border security and port interests.
Date: 2026-01-22
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Voted yea on H.R. 7567 (Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (Farm Bill) — On Passage) on 2026-04-30: Kaptur was one of only 14 Democrats to support the Farm Bill (224-200), crossing party lines despite the bill preserving SNAP cuts from the OBBB. She serves as a senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Her district's 18.4% manufacturing footprint includes agricultural processing, and her donors include industrial and transportation unions with agricultural supply-chain interests. However, her vote contradicted her own rhetoric about protecting food assistance for the '316,000 Ohioans — nearly one in four residents' at risk of losing SNAP. Three Republicans voted Nay.
Date: 2026-04-30
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Voted nay on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act — On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment) on 2025-07-03: Kaptur voted with all 212 Democrats against the bill. Her press release emphasized the 216,000 OH-09 residents who would lose healthcare and the $186 billion in SNAP cuts over 10 years. However, the bill also raised the SALT deduction cap to $40,000 — though less impactful for OH-09's median $174,200 home values compared to high-cost coastal districts — and the NRCC hammered her for voting against the bill's No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, and Social Security tax cut provisions. The vote illustrates party-line opposition prevailing over targeted constituent interests in a competitive D+1 district.
Date: 2025-07-03
Added: 02 May 2026
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Voted yea on S. 5 (Laken Riley Act — On Passage) on 2025-01-22: Kaptur was one of only 46 House Democrats to join all 217 Republicans in passing mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes. Her district has only 3.1% foreign-born residents and is 76.5% White — immigration enforcement is not a top constituent concern, but the vote positioned her as a moderate in her Trump+7 district. She later voted against DHS/ICE funding, creating a sharp enforcement-vs.-defunding contradiction within her own record.
Date: 2025-01-22
Added: 02 May 2026
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[vote] Kaptur voted Yea on the Farm Bill (H.R. 7567, Roll Call 154) on April 30, 2026, one of 14 Democrats crossing party lines. The bill preserved SNAP cuts from the OBBB.
Date: 2026-04-30
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[statement] Kaptur bragged in 2025 about bringing over $11 million in funding projects to her district and 'secured nearly $1.3 million in new safe streets funding' in December 2025 per the Washington Reporter. The Congressional Leadership Fund documented she took credit for funding she had voted AGAINST.
Date: 2025-12-31
Added: 02 May 2026
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[vote] Kaptur voted Nay on H.R. 5371, the continuing resolution that ended the 43-day government shutdown on November 12, 2025. The NRCC reported the bill included $3 million in Community Project Funding for OH-09.
Date: 2025-11-12
Added: 02 May 2026
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[disclosure] The OBBB raised the SALT deduction cap from $10,000 to $40,000 for tax years 2025-2029. Kaptur's district (OH-09) has median home values of $174,200 and median household income of $66,739 — lower than the national average — meaning SALT cap relief offered less benefit to her constituents than to higher-income, high-property-tax districts.
Date: 2025-07-03
Added: 02 May 2026
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[vote] Kaptur voted Nay on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act), stating: 'This bill is callously cruel — an immoral transfer of wealth from the working class to the ultra-rich. It strips health care from 17 Million Americans, kills Millions of good-paying jobs, and adds Trillions to the national debt.'
Date: 2025-07-03
Added: 02 May 2026
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[vote] Kaptur voted Nay on the DHS appropriations bill (H.R. 7147) on January 22, 2026. Her press release stated: 'Breaking into private homes without warrants, detaining residents without cause, and even deporting military veterans and US citizens including children with Stage 4 cancer is illegal and un-American.' Only 7 Democrats joined Republicans to pass the bill 220-207.
Date: 2026-01-22
Added: 02 May 2026
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[vote] Kaptur voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (S. 5, Roll Call 23) on January 7, 2025, requiring mandatory DHS detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes. She was one of only 46 House Democrats to join all Republicans in passing the bill.
Date: 2025-01-07
Added: 02 May 2026
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Kaptur's 2018 net worth was disclosed as -$110,985 to $420,998, ranking 285th in the House. She reported $0 in stock trades with only 2 liabilities totaling $115,002 to $300,000.
Date: 2018-12-31
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Kaptur sponsored or co-sponsored 57 earmarks totaling $71,301,300 in fiscal year 2010, ranking 28th out of 435 representatives.
Date: 2010-09-30
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2023-2024 election cycle: Total raised $5,063,732.53; Total contributions $4,386,644.21; Individual contributions $2,892,844.74; Other committee (PAC) contributions $1,491,799.47.
Date: 2024-12-31
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Top contributing organizations (1989-2024): Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union ($170,800), Boilermakers Union ($152,850), Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transportation Union ($144,700), United Auto Workers ($139,500), Teamsters Union ($139,265).
Date: 2024-12-31
Added: 02 May 2026
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Top contributing industries (1989-2024): Industrial Unions ($904,560), Retired ($894,878), Building Trade Unions ($805,200), Public Sector Unions ($761,815), Transportation Unions ($744,717).
Date: 2024-12-31
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Career (1989-2024): Raised $18,302,912; Spent $17,891,930; Cash on hand $955,576; Debts $0. Top career industry: Industrial Unions ($904,560). Top career contributor: Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union ($170,800).
Date: 2024-12-31
Added: 02 May 2026
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