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Dennis Kucinich, the left-wing Democratic Congressman from Ohio, and two-time candidate for president, has announced that he will run against fellow incumbent Democrat Marcy Kaptur after they were drawn into a new district setting up the biggest challenge of Kucinichs political career since his brief and tumultuous term as Mayor of Cleveland in the 1970s.
Kucinich announced on Twitter Wednesday that he has filed to run in the 9th District, which will pit him against Kaptur, who has already been gearing up for the race.
The two were drawn into a gerrymandered district that stretches from east to west around Lake Erie, all the way from the Democratic stronghold of Cleveland (Kucinichs base) to the Democratic stronghold of Toledo (Kaptur territory). And for what it is worth, the new district does in fact contain a bit more of Kapturs territory, than it does from Kucinich.
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/12/its-kucinich-vs-kaptur-for-ohio-congressional-race-and-joe-the-plumber.php?ref=fpnewsfeed
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(53,475 posts)... the Republicans, who eliminate at least one of the more progressive voices in Congress.
Redistricting should be done by computer model, no partisan politics allowed.