Jailed Traficant Gets 15 Percent Wednesday November 6, 2002 4:30 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former Ohio Rep. James A. Traficant Jr.'s fight to take back his House seat came up short Tuesday - but he did manage to attract more than 27,000 votes in a campaign from his Pennsylvania prison cell. Traficant, who was expelled from the House in July and is serving eight years in federal prison on bribery and racketeering convictions, was running as an independent from behind bars. He finished third in Tuesday's voting, grabbing 15 percent of the vote. Democrat Tim Ryan won. ``The biggest...