Marcy Kaptur
Democrat · OH-9 · U.S. House
Bio
Marcia Carolyn Kaptur is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 9th congressional district since 1983. Her district stretches across northwestern Ohio along the southern shore of Lake Erie and includes parts of Toledo and surrounding communities. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 43.6 years
- First took office
- 1983 (22 terms)
- Seniority
- 4 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 80
- Toledo, OH · 419-259-7500
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $695k – $1.6M
- Liabilities
- $30k – $100k
- Net worth
- $595k – $1.6M
- Since 2019
- +$932k
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 14 assets reported
Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Marcy Kaptur's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Marcy Kaptur (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.
Do you vote like Kaptur?
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Caucuses & committees
Where Kaptursits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Most and least aligned members
Treating Kaptur's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
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The New Republic · August 11, 2026
Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur Rushed To Hospital After Suffering From Hit-And-Run On Way To ChurchOhio Rep. Marcy Kaptur was injured during a hit-and-run on her way to a church service Sunday, according to a statement from the congresswoman.
The Daily Caller · August 3, 2026
Manhunt underway as congresswoman hospitalized in hit-and-run crash on her way to churchLongtime Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur was hospitalized Sunday after the car she was riding in was struck in a hit-and-run crash on her way to a church service in Toledo, according to reports.Kaptur, 80, was a passenger when the vehicle was hit shortly before 11 a.m…
Raw Story · August 3, 2026
Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur treated for non-life threatening injuries after a car accident in ToledoKaptur, 80, was a passenger in a vehicle headed to a church service “when the car she was traveling in was struck,” the statement from her office said.
Associated Press · August 3, 2026
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