Bradley S. Leavitt is an American politician of the Republican party who was the party's 2006 and 2008 nominee to challenge incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep.

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

 Marcia C. Kaptur

Marcy Kaptur

Marcia Carolyn "Marcy" Kaptur is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1983. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, anchored by the city of Toledo, includes all of Ottawa and Erie counties, and part of Lucas and Lorain counties.Serving her fourteenth term in the House of...

. He moved to the Toledo

Toledo, Ohio

Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...

 area in 2000 when he began working at North Star BHP Steel in Delta, Ohio

Delta, Ohio

Delta is a village in Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,930 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Delta is located at ....

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Electoral history

2006 Election for Representative of Ohio's 9th congressional district

Candidate	Party	Notes	Votes	Percentage
Marcy Kaptur Marcy Kaptur Marcia Carolyn "Marcy" Kaptur is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1983. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, anchored by the city of Toledo, includes all of Ottawa and Erie counties, and part of Lucas and Lorain counties.Serving her fourteenth term in the House of...	Democratic	Incumbent	153,880	73.63%
Bradley Leavitt	Republican		55,119	26.37%

2008 Election for Representative of Ohio's 9th congressional district

Candidate	Party	Notes	Votes	Percentage
Marcy Kaptur Marcy Kaptur Marcia Carolyn "Marcy" Kaptur is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1983. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, anchored by the city of Toledo, includes all of Ottawa and Erie counties, and part of Lucas and Lorain counties.Serving her fourteenth term in the House of...	Democratic	Incumbent	222,054	74.37%
Bradley Leavitt	Republican		76,512	25.63%

• Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
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