Just over two weeks after the Nov. 5 election, the Associated Press has declared longtime incumbent Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur the winner over Republican state Rep. Derek Merrin in the battle for Ohio's 9th Congressional District. The area includes all of Erie County.

Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in House history, had claimed victory over Merrin early in morning hours of Nov. 6, but the race was too close for the AP to call.

The AP says the outcome of the election emerged from final results certified by the Lucas County Board of Elections in Toledo, adding that the final results were slightly outside the 0.5% margin that would have triggered an automatic recount, with Libertarian candidate Tom Pruss scoring about 4% of the vote.

Annabelle Childers reports: [ Ссылка ] --

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