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FILE - People vote on Election Day, Nov. 7, 2023, at Knox Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati. Republicans vying for candidacy in Ohio’s upcoming March primary might be running for increasingly red congressional seats, but that doesn't make for an uneventful election on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 — especially as the GOP seeks a champion to flip the district of the longest serving woman in Congress. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

Ohio’s Republican primaries for US House promise crowded ballots and a heated toss-up

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A slew of Republican candidates on Ohio’s primary ballot are running in solidly red congressional seats, but next week’s elections still promise plenty of drama — especially as the GOP seeks a champion to flip the district of Democratic Rep.

FILE - Ohio Rep. Derek Merrin stands while he advocates a yes vote on the Heartbeat Bill at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Since last year, GOP candidates for Ohio’s 9th Congressional District have left and entered the field on a dime, endorsements have hopped from campaign to campaign, and several big-name Republicans have split their loyalties three ways. (Brooke LaValley/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

The latest shake-up in Ohio’s topsy-turvy congressional primary eases minds within the GOP

FILE - Ohio Rep. Craig Riedel speaks with members of the media after the Ohio House of Representatives voted 90-0 to remove Rep. Larry Householder, as Speaker of the House on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Since last year, GOP candidates for Ohio’s 9th Congressional District have left and entered the field on a dime, endorsements have hopped from campaign to campaign, and several big-name Republicans have split their loyalties three ways. (Joshua A. Bickel /The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

High-stakes GOP congressional primary in Ohio takes voters, Republicans on a roller coaster ride

Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, speaks to reporters on election night, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Toledo, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

Ohio Democrats net wins in US House races, incumbent ousted

President Joe Biden speaks the about the long-delayed cleanup of Great Lakes harbors and tributaries polluted with industrial toxins at the Shipyards, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Lorain, Ohio. Cleanup will accelerate dramatically with a $1 billion boost from Biden's infrastructure plan. (AP Photo/Ken Blaze)

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Ohio congresswoman sets mark for longest tenure by female

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The longest-serving woman in the history of the U.S. House raised money for her first campaign more three decades ago by holding a bake sale.

FILE - In this March 6, 2017 file photo, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, speaks during a press conference in Cleveland. Kaptur told members of her caucus that revealing clothes worn by staffers and some members of Congress are an “invitation” for sexual harassment. Kaptur’s remarks were first reported by Politico after a private Democratic caucus meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 13. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Politician: Cleavage in Congress ‘invitation’ for harassment

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. representative from Ohio is complaining about the cleavage in Congress.

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