“Rep. Marcy Kaptur has won in competitive elections in Ohio since 1982. This one may be her toughest yet,” NOTUS reports.
“The 22-term lawmaker — the longest-serving woman in House history — is facing a new map this year thanks to Republican-led redistricting last fall. Ohio’s 9th Congressional District is now markedly more conservative, and Republicans are eager to flip the seat.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.