Derek Merrin
Former Ohio State RepresentativeWikipedia
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Oct 16, 2026
Tony KinnettHOST
I'm just not seeing the momentum there that's being promised.
Tony KinnettHOST
Um, in Ohio, Marcy Kaptur is seen as, as really soaring over Derek Merrin.
Tony KinnettHOST
However, the University of Toledo is in that district, and they have been polled really way, way, way, way too much.
Tony KinnettHOST
And that, on the new lines, on the new redistricted lines, that's Trump up 10.
Tony KinnettHOST
Oh, what was the awful candidate? Matt Gaetz.
Tony KinnettHOST
Yeah, I think it'll end up being one of those kind of situations, even though he's kind of awful, he keeps the seat.
Tony KinnettHOST
Um, Ohio 9, again, I think probably ends up going to Dere-, uh, Derek Merrin.
Tony KinnettHOST
I don't think Kaptur, I think Marcy pulls it out this time based on the new lines.
Mike ThompsonHOST
A left-leaning group supported the Libertarian candidate up in the Toledo area two years ago.
Mike ThompsonHOST
And that, many feel, helped Marcy Kaptur, the Democrat, hold on to her seat and defeat Republican Derek Merrin.
Mike ThompsonHOST
It goes both ways.
Mike ThompsonHOST
That'll do it for this week's edition of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast, which is part of the NPR Network.
Mike ThompsonHOST
And now, of course, Democrats have played this game too with Libertarian candidates in an effort to take votes away from Republicans.
Mike ThompsonHOST
A left-leaning group supported the Libertarian candidate up in the Toledo area two years ago, and that, uh, many feel helped Marcy Kaptur, the Democrat, hold onto her seat and defeat Republican Derek Merrin.
Mike ThompsonHOST
[upbeat music] It goes both ways.
Mike ThompsonHOST
That'll do it for this week's edition of Schnalligaster, Ohio's politics podcast, which is part of the NPR network.
Sean SpicerHOST
Good.
Sean SpicerHOST
Ohio's 9th District, Marcy Kaptur, a perennial Republican target, the Democrat incumbent versus Derek Merrin.
Sean SpicerHOST
You've had this one lean Republican for weeks.
Sean SpicerHOST
Last week you moved it to a, a toss-up out of an abundance of caution.
Jack WindsorHOST
Ohio's 90-day gas tax holiday took effect October 4th, 38 and a half cents a gallon off.
Jack WindsorHOST
Now, the Center Square reports gas prices and taxes are now the center of the ninth district fight between Representative Marcy Kaptur and former State Rep. Derek Merrin.
Jack WindsorHOST
At 4:22, Chris Long, Ohio Christian Alliance, the organization that pushed the gas tax holiday onto the table in the first place.
Jack WindsorHOST
He joins me to talk about that and much, much more.
Jim JordanGUEST
Mike Turner, Mike Terry, Max Miller, these, these guys are in some real races.
Jim JordanGUEST
We got a good gu- guy, Derek Merrin, trying to, um, to beat, uh, Marcy Kaptur in that race up in northwest Ohio.
Jim JordanGUEST
I think he's got a real chance.
Jim JordanGUEST
So yeah, we just gotta work hard.
Jim JordanGUEST
And then we're hoping that we can beat Marcy Kaptur, who's been in, you know, Congress forever.
Jim JordanGUEST
Uh, we got a good candidate there in, in Derek Merrin, so, um...
Jim JordanGUEST
And plus, you guys know.
Jim JordanGUEST
You guys were, you guys were on top of the COVID craziness more than anyone, and Amy Acton is, uh, affectionately known in our great state as, you know, the Fauci of Ohio.
Stephen ParrHOST
I'm Steve DePaul with Louis R. Avallone.
Louis R. AvalloneHOST
So Democratic representative Marcy Kaptur, who is a career politician, she's defending, attempting to defend her seat from Republican Derek Merrin in Ohio's 9th congressional district.
Louis R. AvalloneHOST
Well, she's lying about her position on men playing in wom- women's sports.
Louis R. AvalloneHOST
You know, she's been a politician for, like, 43 years, and now she's trying to ...
Gary SterkoffHOST
House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican from Louisiana, has been campaigning this week with Republican candidates in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio.
Gary SterkoffHOST
Today, he was with U.S. House candidate Derek Merrin in the 9th Congressional District in Defiance, Ohio.
Mike JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is not a contract with America here.
Mike JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I was talking to Newt Gingrich back in January.
Alex DeGrasseGUEST
And then Ohio 9, you know, they've redrawn that map.
Alex DeGrasseGUEST
You know, he ran last time, Derek Merrin came up a little bit short.
Alex DeGrasseGUEST
Map's got a little more Republican, so optimistic about that.
Alex DeGrasseGUEST
Ryan Mackenzie, sort of the Lehigh Valley, uh, just a very 50/50 seat that we've been contesting and fell short a couple years and, and pulled it together-
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