Current U.S. representative for Ohio's 9th Congressional District. Campaign affiliation: Democratic.
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Background, stated goals, record, and money
Background comes from official records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so; goals are summarized from the campaign's own platform and stay attributed; the record lines are official actions with the government source attached; money is shown as filed, with the filing window and the reconciliation in the note under the table, and is not evidence of why any position was taken.
Marcy Kaptur
Background
The sitting member for Ohio's ninth district; Congress.gov records twenty-two terms for her, the first beginning in 1983. Congress.gov
Her congressional office says she serves as the first woman to be Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development. U.S. House of Representatives
What they say they want to do
Bring jobs home and end tax breaks for companies that move them overseas, with tariffs protecting Ohio-based factories. Marcy Kaptur for Congress
Secure borders and legal immigration, which her campaign ties to votes for border security and to the 2024 Senate immigration plan. Marcy Kaptur for Congress
An all-of-the-above energy policy, weatherization that lowers home energy costs, and more affordable housing. Marcy Kaptur for Congress
No national abortion ban, and none without exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother. Marcy Kaptur for Congress
Support for small farmers and for policies that create economic opportunity in farming communities. Marcy Kaptur for Congress
What the official record shows
Introduced the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act as H.R. 816 of the 117th Congress; it was referred to the Committee on Financial Services and went no further. Congress.gov
Introduced the same Act again as H.R. 837 of the 118th Congress, with the same outcome. Congress.gov
Money from political committees in the 2025-26 cycle, through June 30, 2026 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12). The rows sum to 1,992,602.80 dollars. Donations from individuals, including through ActBlue or WinRed, are not counted here.
Words and record
Where statements meet the record
Each card is labeled narrowly, by rule, and states its own limit.
Marcy Kaptur
Housing: the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act
Matches stated record claim
What they say
Her campaign says she introduced the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act to invest in urban and rural communities that have seen disinvestment.
“She has introduced the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act to invest in both urban and rural communities that have seen disinvestment over the years.”
Congress.gov records her as the sponsor of the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act twice: H.R. 816 of the 117th Congress, introduced February 4, 2021, and H.R. 837 of the 118th, introduced February 6, 2023. Both were referred to the House Committee on Financial Services and neither went further.
Limit: The claim is that she introduced it, and she did, twice. Neither bill left committee, so nothing here shows the investment it describes reaching anyone.
Marcy Kaptur
Appropriations: her role on the Energy and Water subcommittee
Record does not bear out the claim
What they say
Her campaign describes her as chair of the Energy and Water subcommittee on Appropriations.
“As chair of the Energy and Water subcommittee on Appropriations, Marcy believes we need an “all of the above” energy policy.”
The House Appropriations Committee's own roster for the 119th Congress names Chuck Fleischmann as chairman of the Energy and Water Development subcommittee. Her own House office page says that today she serves as the first woman to be Ranking Member of that subcommittee, which is the minority counterpart to the chair and not the same post.
Limit: Chair and ranking member are different posts and both are published, including by her own office, which is why this is checkable at all. The check covers the current Congress: whether she chaired the subcommittee in an earlier one was not part of it. The card tests the word, not her standing on the committee or what the post lets her do.
Marcy Kaptur
Drugs: fentanyl trafficking penalties
Matches stated record claim
What they say
Her campaign says she has voted to lock up drug traffickers bringing fentanyl into her communities.
“She’s voted to lock up drug traffickers bringing fentanyl into our communities.”
The House Clerk records her voting Yea three times in the 119th Congress on measures of that kind: the HALT Fentanyl Act as H.R. 27 on February 6, 2025 (Roll Call 33), the same Act as S. 331 on June 12, 2025 (Roll Call 166), and the Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025 on September 2, 2025 (Roll Call 220). All three passed the House.
Limit: Three recorded votes in the current Congress, not a score of her whole record on drug policy, and the check does not cover earlier Congresses. What a scheduling or penalty bill does in practice is not something a roll call shows.
Marcy Kaptur
The border: what she has voted for
Matches stated direction
What they say
Her campaign says she has voted to improve and expand border security, to hire more than ten thousand border agents, and to allow a military presence at the border if needed.
“She has voted to improve and expand border security, to hire more than 10,000 border agents, and to enable military presence at the border if needed.”
Two border-security measures reached a recorded vote in the 119th Congress and she voted Yea on both, on March 10, 2025: the Subterranean Border Defense Act (Roll Call 63) and the Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act (Roll Call 65). Both passed. No vote in this Congress was found on hiring ten thousand border agents or on a military presence at the border.
Limit: The claim bundles three things and the current Congress's record carries the first. The other two were not located in it, and this check covered the 119th Congress only — she has served since 1983, so a vote from an earlier Congress would not appear here and is not ruled out.
The Erie County Board of Elections filing list for the November 3 general election showed both printed candidates when The Stated Record checked it on September 2, 2026. A write-in candidate is listed separately by the election authority.