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Kilroy is headed to Congress Democrat defeats Stivers in 15th Congressional District Sunday, December 7, 2008 6:58 PM By James Nash THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Franklin County Commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy, left, won the seat by 2,311 votes, outside of the 0.5 percent margin to trigger a recount. FILE PHOTO Franklin County Commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy, left, won the seat by 2,311 votes, outside of the 0.5 percent margin to trigger a recount. Now it's official: Mary Jo Kilroy will be going to Washington as the first Democrat to represent any part of Franklin County in Congress in a generation. Final...

Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-Ohio) will announce Thursday that she will not run for reelection in 2008, according to sources close to the congresswoman’s office. Pryce’s office announced it will hold a press conference in her Columbus office on Thursday at 11 a.m. concerning her plans for 2008. The timing of Pryce’s impending retirement comes largely as a surprise. A former leader of the GOP’s ousted majority, she is in her eighth term but is only 56 years old — much younger than many of the prospective Republican retirees.

Cites work for Veterans, Track Record in Representing Central Ohio’s Needs Americans often tell pollsters they don’t think much of Congress but they like their representative. That’s probably true for many residents of central Ohio. While Congress as a whole has suffered from inertia and scandals, the three members representing the Columbus area have kept their focus on issues that are in the interest of central Ohioans. All three Republicans — Deborah Pryce, Pat Tiberi and David L. Hobson — made addressing concerns of central Ohioans a priority. They consider meeting constituents and answering their letters or e-mail as the...

2006 Congressional Election Cycle Has Begun  50 Republican Incumbents Undeserving of Support by Pro-life Voters   The Republican National Coalition for Life PAC is currently receiving phone calls from Republican candidates for Congress in the 2006 Republican primaries. Our usual practice is to mail our Candidate Questionnaire to Republican candidates in each district as soon as the filing deadlines are reached. When we receive the results of the questionnaire, they are recorded on our website at www.RNCLife.org so that voters can see for themselves it those seeking to represent them in Washington are truly pro-life. We hope that this service...

US Congresswomen Champion Women's Issues in IraqBy Lawrence MorahanCNSNews.com Senior Staff WriterOctober 27, 2003 (CNSNews.com) - Iraqi women are fed up with being treated as second-class citizens and are ready to play a more vital role in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq, a congresswoman who took part in a recent fact-finding tour of the country told CNSNews.com. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) said an all-women bipartisan congressional group conducted a tour of Iraq this week to examine, among other issues, the plight of women in Iraq. "Some people will call it women's issues," McCarthy said in a teleconference call from Kuwait. "I...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ohio Rep. Deborah Pryce is the front-runner to become the new Republican Conference chairman, which would make her the highest ranking woman in the House GOP leadership. Pryce, 51, is in a contest that also includes Rep. J.D. Hayworth of Arizona, a conservative former sports broadcaster, and Rep. Jim Ryun of Kansas, another conservative best known as the former world record holder in the mile. Republican aides said Pryce appears to be ahead, although her two rivals continue to pursue uncommitted lawmakers. The party's leadership elections will be Wednesday, with Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois retaining his...