Dennis Kucinich loses to veteran Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, who will take on Joe the Plumber in Ohio

In a concession speech just past midnight, a bitter Kucinich described opposition’s campaign as ‘lacking in integrity, filled with false truths’

Associated Press
via New York Daily News
3/7/2012

Veteran Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur defeated longtime Washington colleague Dennis Kucinich Tuesday in a bruising Ohio showdown made necessary by a newly drawn congressional map.

She will face the winner of the Republican primary — Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher, who became known as “Joe the Plumber” during the 2008 presidential campaign — in November.

Kaptur is in her 15th term representing the Toledo area. She ran a campaign that emphasized her record of bringing federal money and projects back to the state.

In a concession speech just past midnight, a bitter Kucinich described Kaptur’s campaign as “lacking in integrity, filled with false truths.”

“I hope this is not a representation of how she’ll run the district,” he said…

The article continues at the New York Daily News.

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